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On 22 Apr 2006 20:04:04 -0700, wrote in
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I mean, is it safe to only train for under 20 hours?

You're not questioning the FAA's commitment to air safety, are you? If
so, you'll find much more fertile ground in the area of military
exemptions, Military Training Routs, and UAV operations.

It seems the FAA is overly lenient when it comes to requiring other
federal departments to adhere to sound safety regulations, but
draconian when it comes to usurping the rights of the civil populous
whom they serve.

I mean, is it safe to only train for under 20 hours?

You can't regulate people into safety. Its the CFI that decides when a
student is ready for a checkride. You can't automatically take the
checkride just because you meet the mins. There is no reason for the
FAA to tie back the hands of CFIs. There are some programs that can
produce 40 hours private pilots that are safer than 60 hour students
from other places.

-Robert, CFI