My left leg is painful today, retribution for yesterday's falls no doubt. Managed to get to GS ok, but an on/off toothache that I've had these last few days has decided to make itself known constantly today. It was bloody distracting during class, but managed to plod along through the questions at a snails pace.

Du Toit got annoyed today, so much so that he left the room. The Indian contingent never have all of their kit with them, and talk at the back while Du Toit is teaching. But are the first one's to seek his and other classmate's assistance in solving questions. One of them went for a flying assessment today, even though yesterday Du Toit told him that GS takes a higher priority. He and his instructor will hopefully now be put in front of the Chief Flying Instructor; for a hats on, no biscuits, one-way conversation. Blatant disrespect for a man who is a great teacher and highly experienced. The rest of us are all getting cheesed off with these guys big time now.

After lunch I saw a Tigermoth landing outside my window, so did Steve. We grabbed our cameras and walked along to Ops, only to see the thing struggle back into the air. But then we noticed one aircraft practicing crosswind landings on another runway, situated near the tower. We stood by the side of the runway and watched as the a/c wobbled down right in front of us, and then a second time, after which they stopped and taxied back. I found the instructor and student soon after and apologised if we had put them off, they seemed happy.

I reported to Daniel for my 15:00 flying slot, only to be told that I was not going to fly. Basically, some desk-jockey from the SA CAA wanted to make my instructor and another do a one-hour briefing during my slot, just to prove that they could do so. Even though briefings of that depth are mainly covered in GS and that there is very little need. Flying instructors are best put to use when flying. I thought that our own UK Counter Aviation Authority was bad, but it seems that SA is worse.

And on that note, again, there is no news on our SPL's. I checked with Wendy and Mary-Jane(receptionists) while posting some postcards.

I went back to my room, borrowed Rae's laptop/DVD and completed some PoF practice tests for an hour or so, hitting an average of about 86% - which is about the 75% pass rate of the harder, real test.

After dinner I dragged Neale, Ben and Steve to the bar. We had a few jars and lots of chat. By 21:45 only me an Ben were left to talk rubbish until hitting the sack.