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Learning to fly with a stutter possible (radio operation)

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  • 12-10-2011 3:41pm
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    alanmc
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    Ladies and Gents,

    I've had a stutter all my life. Sometimes it's unbearble, other times it's barely noticeable. I guess this is normal. I did a little bit of speech therapy when I was in school (many many years ago), but it didn't improve very much.

    Anyway, long story painful, I've tried to never let my stutter hold me back. Job interviews - I get nervous and stuck, but people are nice and wait for me.

    I've always wanted to get my private pilots license, but I know that a large part of it is operating the radio. I can see why a person with a stutter might be precluded from getting a PPL based on this. I mean, radio operation is a pretty integral safety feature of flying nowadays.

    Have any of you fine people with speech disorders ever tried to get a PPL? Any information would be useful. I sent an e-mail to a pilots school a few years back explaining my predicament, but got no response.

    Thanks,
    Alan.


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    Stephen P
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    Hi Alan,

    I think of know of someone in the US who is a pilot and stammers. Think they might be on Twitter, I'll find out and get back to you. :)


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    Bill G
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    Don't let it slow you down, Alan. While the radio work is a required part of the license, you can actually fly in the majority of Ireland without ever talking on the radio.


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    Stephen P
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    Alan, I got the Twitter details of the pilot, it's www.twitter.com/awacrj

    If you're on Twitter you should send him a Tweet and get some advice off him. I'm not an expert but I'd imagine a lot of what is said on the radio would be in a "script" as such. You could practise speaking the script and perhaps develop a technique to help you.

    If you're comfortable with hearing stuttering jokes, check this video out, the comedian is a stutterer himself...


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    alanmc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭alanmc


    Stephen P wrote: »
    Alan, I got the Twitter details of the pilot, it's www.twitter.com/awacrj

    If you're on Twitter you should send him a Tweet and get some advice off him. I'm not an expert but I'd imagine a lot of what is said on the radio would be in a "script" as such. You could practise speaking the script and perhaps develop a technique to help you.

    If you're comfortable with hearing stuttering jokes, check this video out, the comedian is a stutterer himself...

    Thanks Stephen. Much appreciated.


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