900 miles a day huh? Wow didn’t know that was possible. My point is if your home often it’s easier to get anything done but when you run otr that lifestyle it’s not so easy.
Anyone earn their private pilot certificate while running OTR?
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If you drive for UPS or FedEx after so many years of safe driving and a good on time record they promote you to pilot to fly their planes.
So I’ve been told.bentstrider83, HighCountry, mjd4277 and 1 other person Thank this. -
Assuming you can learn all of the book knowledge from online or from reading you still have the problem of not practicing the manual skill very often. That infrequent practice won't prevent you from learning the skill but it will cause you to take longer and spend more money. Simulators let you see and understand the tasks for Private but the Private license isn't well suited for skill practice on simulators. The Instrument Rating is supremely suited for simulator practice.
If you do this anyway pick a Part 141 school. They are more expensive but very well organized and track your tasks & skills much more carefully than a Part 91 school/instructor.bentstrider83 Thanks this. -
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A private license will cost $8-10k in most cases. NOBODY earns their license in the FAA minimum amount of training time of 40 hours total time. 50-60 hours is more common. The best thing you can do to save money are
1 do all of your ground school/book learning on your own
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Trying to keep the same CFI is important too. He'll know where your strong and weak points are and be able to tailor the instruction accordingly. Flying with a different instructor each time will slow down your initial progress.
Later, when you're going for more advanced ratings you might benefit by flying with different instructors.tscottme Thanks this.
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