"oscarm" writes:

HI Jack,

Thanks for your respond. you went soloed after jsut spent 7 hours, wow
thats a record so far i know. I dont think the program at my flying
school is set up that way. But 7 hours is too low for me, I am not
confident to do it in only 7 hours. I gave my self max of 13 hours, but
30 hours is seems way to much. Perhaps a $3000 budget is to low in
california and i dont mind paying more as long as they dont take an
advantage. 2 hours slow flight introduction i think that a little to
much. You are right about Class E airspace, can be a disadvantage also.
Thank you for your input, its really helps and I will defiinitely sign
up with AOPA.

You're welcome. Glad to help out.

Most important thing is that you get the opportunity to solo, when you are
ready to do so. If the flight school says you'll solo only after thirty
hours of dual, it's something I've never heard of, and it doesn't make
sense to me. Having said that, I'm not a CFI, nor do I want to be one.

Best of luck!

-Jack