"Michael" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote
I met a Cirrus demo pilot the other day who put 900+ hours in last year.
I can't fathom that -- although I'd like to try it someday.

I used to say that. Then I got a bunch of instructor ratings, and all
of a sudden people were actually paying me to fly. I guess I went
overboard - I had multiple students going, and the next thing I knew,
I had over 300 hours for the year and it wasn't even over.

I noticed something else, too. I wasn't looking forward to flying the
way I used to. Sometimes I got in the airplane with no enthusiasm at
all. It was becoming too much like work. It was also absorbing every
spare moment I had. I even started talking about selling my airplane.

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Ah, I know that feeling. Just got done with (what I hope) was my last
season banner towing. 450 hours in 3 months, felt like most days I needed a
shoehorn to get myself out of that Cub. But I still woke up each morning
looking forward to going to work (though by about 2:00 in the afternoon I
was counting down the hours 'till the end of the day.) I'm looking forward
to getting a nice easy 135 job that will limit me to 80 hours/month. That
seems so much more manageable.