mike regish wrote:
Huh?

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...

Remember that most of the cost of getting your PPL is the cost of flying.
If you don't want to pay for flying, then why the hell are you getting a
PPL?

What Paul is saying corresponds with my attitude during training. If it
takes a few more hours to get my PPL, those are hours that I'm *flying*.
It's not like you can't start flying until after you pass the checkride -
I spent my dual time *flying*, which was the whole point of even starting
the training.

Granted, there are limits on how/where/when you can fly, and with whom,
until you pass -- which is a good reason to finish -- at least you're
flying. So one way to look at it is that the cost of the aircraft --
which would be the same whether dual, solo, or post-PPL -- doesn't count
as "cost of training" in the same way as instructor time, materials, fees,
and so forth.

.... Alan

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Alan Gerber
PP-ASEL
gerber AT panix DOT com