IFR: How many hours did it take you?

I'm trying to determine the average hours it took for you to get your IFR
rating. Just curious.

In article , "STICKMONKE"
wrote:

I'm trying to determine the average hours it took for you to get your IFR
rating. Just curious.



IIRC, I had about 212 hours TT. It took me a while to accumulate the
50 hours xc time.

--
Bob Noel
Seen on Kerry's campaign airplane: "the real deal"
oh yeah baby.

"STICKMONKE" wrote in
:

I'm trying to determine the average hours it took for you to get your
IFR rating. Just curious.





Only 15 hours of training from a CFII is required, but I have found that it
takes about 30 hours or more to become proficient.

I'm trying to determine the average hours it took for you to get your IFR
rating. Just curious.

When I took my checkride I had 210 total time, 44 instrument. My IR training
comprised 54 hours over 30 flights. One of these was in a ground trainer, one
was solo X/C, and one was solo ADF practice, visually. I was able to fly
almost every day, so the whole thing took less than two months. It probably
would have taken more hours if I'd only flown once a week.

"Barry" wrote in message ...
I'm trying to determine the average hours it took for you to get your IFR
rating. Just curious.

Straight off the 8710:

207.8TT, 51.3XC
Instrument time: 40.2 simulated / 20 actual over 18 months, all with
my CFII
Also 5 hours in an AST-300.
Started 2/03, finished 9/04. (~18mos)

I know I could have trimmed calendar time off that (the written cost
me 3 months minimum), but I doubt I could have finished up much more
than 5 hours faster. Maybe 10 if I pushed super hard. The private took
me 70 hours to complete for comparison, with tons of delays.

-cwk.

I finished close to the absolute minimum - 31.5 hours
in the air (almost all hood time), 9 on a PCATD. I already
had around 250 hours when I started, and had been flying the
same airplane (Cherokee) for a couple of years.

--
Allen Johnson

And I bet you are one of those pilots with "personal mimimums."


"ajohnson" wrote in message
m...
I finished close to the absolute minimum - 31.5 hours
in the air (almost all hood time), 9 on a PCATD. I already
had around 250 hours when I started, and had been flying the
same airplane (Cherokee) for a couple of years.

--
Allen Johnson

Why would you bet that? Did he take a different checkride than everybody
else?

Mike
MU-2


"Richard Hertz" wrote in message
et...
And I bet you are one of those pilots with "personal mimimums."


"ajohnson" wrote in message
m...
I finished close to the absolute minimum - 31.5 hours
in the air (almost all hood time), 9 on a PCATD. I already
had around 250 hours when I started, and had been flying the
same airplane (Cherokee) for a couple of years.

--
Allen Johnson

My opinion of checkrides and minimal training is just that, minimal. Most
of the training I have seen is pretty poor and leaves no doubt in my mind
why people end up killing themselves nor why there is such a popular opinion
of "personal minimums" or people who never fly actual or down to minimums
even when they have the rating.



"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
news
Why would you bet that? Did he take a different checkride than everybody
else?

Mike
MU-2


"Richard Hertz" wrote in message
et...
And I bet you are one of those pilots with "personal mimimums."


"ajohnson" wrote in message
m...
I finished close to the absolute minimum - 31.5 hours
in the air (almost all hood time), 9 on a PCATD. I already
had around 250 hours when I started, and had been flying the
same airplane (Cherokee) for a couple of years.

--
Allen Johnson

From September 1999 through November 2000 I logged 205 hours of dual,
ostensibly all of it toward my instrument rating. I think I must hold some
kind of record for incompetence.