Originally Posted by
woodfinx
But then you have to weigh how much experience you really get from doing multiple 1 hour maneuver and landing practice flights to meet your time requirements.
My basic lesson usually was about 1.3-1.6 flights, with a full gamet of T/o's and landings, manuevers, different airports, navigation, etc.. I taught both at a college, and at a strict part 61 for folks that only had intentions of getting their private license. Average time to check-ride competency was around 65hrs for most of my students, and I had 100% pass-rate on 11 sign-offs(9-private, 2 instrument at that FBO, plus about 2-3 others almost ready when I left). Honestly I had several that did extra hours just to build their confidence, which is never a bad thing, I loved the initiative that several of my students posessed.
Honestly, an any of the programs I've taught in, or observed, rarely is any student 'ready' at 40 hours. At the college program, they planned it at 50, and it was very structured.
We can agree to disagree
