When has it Been too Long before you solo

[discussion about requiring hood proficiency before solo]

I am disturbed that they require any hood work at all before solo, and that they are emphasizing hood work for the private. By putting you under the
hood that soon, they are teaching you to =not= look out the window. There are already too many geegaws in the cockpit to distract people - GPS alone
is becoming a substitute for knowing how to navigate.

In early training, seat-of-the-pants and look-out-the-window flying should be emphasized, and in later training, one should be constantly reminded not
to get into the habit of fixating on the geegaws. It's too easy to do.

Jose
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