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A gaggle of questions about traning from an old geezer...
Hello everyone,
After gaining by ticket in 1993 at KOAK my logbook was moth-balled and I haven't flown again until last month. After regaining currency I would like to try and ascend through the tiers and maybe, one day, hold a Commercial License with Instrument rating. I currently have 85 hours logged as PIC, of which 10 are solo x-country. Now to my questions: 1) My motivation may be a little unrealistic, in an ideal world I would like to switch careers and become a professional pilot, however, at 40 I'm probably too old. The airlines probably wouldn't be interested, but could I do something else? 2) I have a fulltime job and family, so a fast-track type school is out of the question. My current plan is to enroll with a local flight school and fly as much as possible, however, I'm confused about the order in which I should do things. Does it make sense to do instrument first? I've read about combined instrument/commercial training. Should I even worry about multi-engine at this point? 3) Regarding the required 50 hours x-country time for the instrument rating. I am confused about the circumstances in which 2 pilots can both log PIC simultaneously. My understanding was that one circumstance is when PIC#1 manipulates the controls under the hood and PIC#2 acts as safety pilot. Is this the only case or can two private pilots log x-country simultaneously on a regular trip (more than 50nm etc.)? 4) During training (with the instructor), how much flying, if any, is performed in actual IMC? I ask because I would like to fly early in the morning, and on most days, OAK is 1000' overcast until after 9am. Thanks in advance for your patience. SimGuy |
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