I can't believe that anyone can assimilate what it takes to be a safe
pilot
with good judgment in ten days. At the very least, you need to experience
a
variety of weather situations. Wouldn't touch this place with the
proverbial
ten foot pole.


Absolutely. There is no way that anyone on Gods green earth can go from
zero-time to a private ticket in 10 days (or 30, for that matter), and have
that ticket be worth any more than the paper it's printed on.

The private ticket is literally the foundation that all other ratings and
experience is built upon, and rushing through it is probably the stupidest
thing one can do. There are indeed courses that can give you *ratings* in
ten days or so, but the PPL is something that you should really immerse
yourself in and take your time with. Experience is definately your greatest
asset in the air, and while it may *sound* great to be a newly minted pilot
in just over a week and be done with it, chances are you'll kill yourself
the following week. Any reputable instructor knows this very well.
Generally, people average six months to a year to get a private ticket;
three to five months if they train intensively (three days or more per week,
no break). You just can't squeeze that into 10 days.

My guess is that the school is either giving you a radical under-estimate of
the required time commitment to get you in the door (not uncommon, but a bit
unbelieveable in this case), or really has a 10-day 'crash' program (pun
intended) to teach you exactly what to do on your checkride and written, and
get you out the door.

Either way, I would be VERY VERY wary.




"Gilan" wrote in message
...
I just started flying at a school that offers Private Pilot in 10 days.
I
plan on taking a bit longer then 10 days but wondered how long the
average
person takes to complete their PPL?

Private Pilot in 10 days
http://www.perfectplanes.com/index.html

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