Originally Posted by
LAfrequentflyer
Not designed to fly after 10 hours?
Get real...He should have soloed by now and had a few hours solo under his belt.
I bet his CFI does all the taxi, radio, and most of the take-off / landings...Anything to string students along.
A student pilot should do all the radio / taxi / take-off / landing work from the 1st minute...You should solo them between 6 to 8 hours.
-LAFF
Individuals can reasonably be ready to solo anywhere from 8-30 hours, it just depends on a lot of things. As an instructor I wouldn't be worried about the 30 hour guy as long as steady progress is being made. You can proceed with most of the syllabus if they're not ready to solo, so you're not wasting training time/money.