"Greengears" wrote in message
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Every pilot out there will never forget their first Solo. But there has
always been this nagging questions as to should there be a minimum
amount of hours flown before a pilot can be allowed to Solo. I have
seen pilots solo in as little as 9 hours and as high as 75 hours.
I know most of you will say that it should vary from pilot to pilot.
But should there be a minimum amount of hours flown?


I don't think there should be a minimum number of hours. The CFIs have the
responsibility of judging when a student is ready. People learn at different
rates and a good CFI/Flight School is in a much better position to judge
when an individual is ready to solo than a committee in OKC or Washington.

If the regs stated a number then the CFIs would be under pressure to have
students meet this number just as some are under pressure to meet the 40
hour minimum for checkride.

Look around this and other aviation newsgroups and see how many students
start getting concerned about their status once they hit 40 hours of
training. The student doesn't need the added pressure to solo in X hours or
be behind the curve.