Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
Kevin Kubiak wrote:

I agree 100% with Jay. Having recently (June) passed my checkride,
I can tell you first hand what Jay is saying.

I started out taking lessons in winter 2004 (mistake #1, since I live in the



63 hours to solo? How long did it take you to get your license? (BTW,
congrats)




Grand total: 105 hrs. That includes scheduling 6 different times
for checkride over a 7 week interval. Fired first DE, after being blown off
because she just got back from vacation previous day and wanted to take a break,
then could not reschedule cause she was going out of town again. So we went
with a different DE. Also includes, off 10 days for planned vacation trip with
wife prior to sign-off for checkride, plus CFI
wanting to fly with me 1 time per week during the 7 week interval.