"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Sammy" wrote in message
Presumably, the additional hours would be hours he'd fly anyway as a pilot.
... But a person getting a pilot certificate is presumably intending to spend
money flying, even after they get the certificate. So general-purpose hours
required for an advanced rating aren't really part of the cost of the rating;
they are just a consequence of flying.

Bingo! Give that guy a prize. That is exactly correct, and that is one
reason why I am not shy about paying for dual on a fairly regular basis, even
though I am not working on any particular rating. The hourly price of a CFI is
only a fraction of the hourly cost of the plane, which I would be flying around
in anyhow.

Vaughn