Originally Posted by seoceancrosser

AA and Phantom thanks for your input. I speak from experience. I did my first crossing in a SE comanchee at 400 tt and my first solo crossing in a 172 at 500 tt. It can be done. I want to encourage education and decision making to this pilot. I can highly relate to the anxiety this pilot is feeling. I wouldn't feel right saying "don't go." With this pilot's experience I would say don't be afraid to apply common knowledge (I know this can be controversial), common sense and don't be afraid to utilize the backbone (developed during numerous flight instructing hours) to sit around 2 or 3 weeks.