Originally Posted by
edson5682
Hi good folks,
So I got my PPL when I was 19 and literally put my license down for about 10 years after logging about 50 hours total time. Now I am 29 and I want to make the sacrifice, save up and complete my commercial license and ratings etc.
In an effort to get back in the knowledge groove, I chromed the internet and literally just purchased about 50 books covering virtually all aspects of flight training, multi, IFR, weather, navigation etc.
Before I get back in the cockpit for refresher work and starting my ratings, I want to take about a year or 14 months perhaps and read these books, because I want to boost my knowledge and get back in the groove.
Instructors and airline crew and flight pros, what do you think about my intention above [i.e. reading lots for about a year]?
You don't need 50 books to complete your instrument and commercial. You can hammer it out in a few months, if you want. It won't hurt to read those books, but to properly assimilate it, you'll need to be applying it. You can read about instruments all day, even play with computer games like microsoft flight simulator, but that is not the same thing as applying active learning during instruction.