Talk About A Rude Company,

In rec.aviation.owning Michael wrote:
: They don't want to take a beginning IFR student in actual
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: I've heard that argument before, and I don't agree with it, though I
: can easily see why it might sound compelling.
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: early and often, and have even had a low time (about 150 hours) private
: pilot with no complex or high performance experience flying actual
: night IMC on his second IFR lesson - the first in his Bonanza that he
: just purchased that day.

Michael I totally agree with you. I hired a CFII and picked up my airplane
in Los Angeles as a 75-hour PP. We flew 2 days (almost 25 hours) of actual
instrument time to get the plane back to Mass. This was a most beneficial
experience.
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Aaron Coolidge