Originally Posted by
prwest
I think it would make more sense to transition to ME after you are instrument rated. There is already enough to learn when you are first starting out. Why make it more complicated?
That of course begs the IFR rating question, would it be better to shell out the $140 an hour for the G-1000 Cessna 172, or the $85 on the 1976 M model complete with the ADF, to get glass upfront to ease the transition to a flying career.
I'm biased as I got the IFR in a beat up N model 172 (that caught fire a few years later and was a total insurance loss...). My first glass was at a regional. I'm just trying to give some credible guidance to a career changer. Well aside from, "have you considered law school?"
