Originally Posted by
2strokes
Thank you for the feedback and recommendations.
Weather has been the biggest issue in increasing the # of flight/week. I now typically book 2-3 flights / week, but 1-2/week get cancelled due to poor weather. A full time job means I cannot jump into a plane as soon as the skies are clear.
It seems like a good approach would be to try and get a custom finish-up plan for my PPL with one of the "pilot mills" you are suggesting. American Flyers seems to offer such option, while others to MALB's point only have add-ons.
Do you guys have any recommendations?
Until I am able to take a week off to go to a "pilot mill" it might make sense to continue my current training, to at least maintain my skills.
On the topic of skills, it feels that a lot of my instructor feedback boils down to "It's not good enough, you need to practice more" which while it might be true does no point to specific ways to address my shortcomings.
Do you have any suggestions for a more targeted and focused training?
Thanks again for your advice
First off, you instructor is a tool, get a new one, who can tell you exactly WHY 'it's not good enough', and tell you how to fix it.
Second, so you spring $$$$ for a Pilot Mill, and you take a week off work, thinking you will fly every day....but then the weather is crap for that week and you don't fly at all... Then what?
Third, what do you do after work and on the weekends? THAT's when you need to be at your local airport getting this done. You can fly more than once per day, yes? Fly after work and if the weather is good on Saturday, fly 3 times, and twice on Sunday or make that your cross country day.
If you want it bad enough, you can do anything, but you will have to put other after work and weekend activities on hold until you finish up. Once you get your PPL you can start taking your friends up for sight seeing rides and making them help pay for the airplane so you can fly and build time and experience.