>
> Do you have any time in planes at all? Or simulators?
>
> I think the chepeast route is spend 2 to 3 months in the US and
> then do a conversion. It will be cheaper, you willl end up with
> a night rating and a better understanding complex air space and
> IFR basics.
>
> There are limits of how fast you can learn. All students go through
> a point were they are getting better and then they think they get
> worse as they overcompensate. Depending on how you cope with that
> seems to determine if you need 40 or 200 hours to get your license.
>
> At one point durring your training, if your flying 3 days a week
> will be very draining. You are taking in too much you can't process
> and it can overload you. Figure a typical training flight is .9
> hours and you need 40 lessons min at at 3 a week so the best you
> can deal with is about 14 weeks. There are schools that can push that
> a bit but too much will not make you a good pilot.
>
> My dealings with pilot schools in Victoria seem to be about extracting
> as much cash out of people as they can with little or no reguard
> for how they can fly or their progress. One friends mistake cost
> her $6,000 (and no licnese) and anothers will cost more like $60,000
> (still with no licnese yet)
>
> -tim
>
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