Jim Macklin wrote:

I took most of my writtens several times before I had the
money to get the hours. Never busted a written, but back in
my day they were actually "free" on paper at the FSDO. I
took all the fixed wing writtens, about the time I got my
private, CFI,CFII, Comm., IFR,FOI,Ground Basic and
Instrument [that got me the CGIA&I].

Money isn't my biggest limitation at the present, but I've been there.
I think I paid something like $85 to take the commercial written. Not a
huge deal if I have to take it again, I'm just hoping to avoid that if
possible. The problem now is that our club plane is in for its annual
and I heard today that it may not be done by next week. Always something...


Matt