I'd like to drop in something and hope to not start anything. It seems like total hours always goes back to experience. Which I'd like to argue at not being totally true. I could name a few pilots who have far more hours than I do, but wouldn't call them better than me, they frighten me actually. One of them was even flying for a local airline. A person could just buy or rent a cessna 150 to build a huge total time by flying around the local area, but would that make him better than someone who has less time but flies in the IFR system more and takes flying serious? I would give experience to the knowledge and how well a one flies the airplane. Like I said, just a thought.