Hey Guys,
I started my ppl in 04 and had to stop cause of money and a week ago I went back to flying as I have the funds I need now. I went back to the same school I learned at before, its the only one that my local airport has, the next flight school is a good hour away driving.
So I got back into learning landings, turns , etc in the one "Cessna 152" they own, flown about 5 hours now, have roughly 25 hrs total. Now the other day he wanted to go up in the 172 as it would be more roomier for us , also saying it would be a better plane for our cross countrie, much faster aswell . That day we did 20 mins of ground work,he was talking about short field t/o and landings. We then departed in the C172 and did our short field t/o,then entered the pattern and he demostrated the short field landing. After that we did 3 more touch and goes and every time I would come to land I wasnt flaring enough becuase I was so use to the C150 approach compared to the higher up seating in the 172. I never did have a good landing in the 172 that night, each landing he was helping me out with the flare and what I basically wanted him to do was talk me throught it as we went into the flare instead of jumping in and helping, my approach was perfect everytime it was just the flare I couldn't nail it down for some reason, yet in the 152 I can do pretty good at.
After my flight was done and my billed paid, I was a bit ticked off because we spent 20 mins in classroom learning short field take offs and landings and then we did one in the circuit and the rest we just did regular landings via touch and goes. Seam like a waste of 20 mins because your paying for this. Right now just seams i go up for 1 hour, come in pay bill leave and they say thanks. I did ground school before and wanted to get in another to learn some of the stuff again but there next ones not till fall
I work till 5 everyday and try to go flying everyday after work when vfr conditions are in effect. The school I go to only operates the 152 and has 3 C172, the 152 is usally booked right up till 8pm which only gives me 1 hour or less of flying time. I have weekends off as well but unfortunatly the school has one instructor and he doesnt fly weekends, only sometimes If he can its like 6 or 8 pm again.
The question Im trying to get to is or any suggestions on the above statements. I would like to go to a bigger school where they operate more planes / instructors, but how do you guys out there pay the bills.Rent runs for 700 and food , car , etc also tack on extra costs. I would hate to stop again for a week or two to move.What kind of work were you doing well training full time or part-time. I just hate to take out a huge loan which I could be paying back for years, as we know the first years of flying dont pay the greatest so on top of that paying back a loan would be very hard.
Appreciate the help