Originally Posted by
dera
So in 6 months your husband has flown 100 hours and only got his instrument rating?
That's slow. Very slow. You can go from 0 to all ratings you need and 500 hours in 6 months. I flew 400 hours in 6 months when going for my career change (same age etc as your husband).
Is your budget limiting the hours he is flying?
You do realize he won't get a job at 250 hours with just his commercial? He'll either need to build a few hundred hours more to get up to 135 VFR PIC minimums, get his CFI, or get extremely lucky.
Yeah that's my thoughts. Dude should be moving much faster under the circumstances. I did everything after PPL in 5-6 months, and still had plenty of leisure time (no kids then).
But for the wife, you do need to give him space prior to checkrides, he needs to be fully focused on that. The career ramifications of failed checkrides are significant and will follow you forever.