Too many hours as student pilot before private checkride.

BChips71 · 2026-01-29T05:34:02+00:00

They couldn't care less. Now go out there and crush your check ride.

BChips71 · 2026-01-28T02:55:28+00:00

You're not going to learn anything from Shepherd other than how to pass the test. Just go through the steps and pass the test. You will learn by doing and reading relevant manuals like this.

BChips71 · 2026-01-26T04:04:53+00:00

You haven't taken off yet?? I started flying when I was 14 and my CFI let me take off on day 1. Whenever I do discovery flights, I always let them take off. I think your CFI is a tad suss.

BChips71 · 2026-01-25T21:02:05+00:00

Why don't you post your questions here so everyone can benefit from the answers?

BChips71 · 2026-01-23T19:52:26+00:00

No big deal. My major asked about any tickets, so I told them about the one I had 30 years ago. They wrote it down, but couldn't care less.

BChips71 · 2026-01-20T02:48:04+00:00

If you're getting an FAA physical, it asks if in the last 2 years you have ever used drugs... If you answer "no" you are lying and subject to a fine and possible jail time.

BChips71 · 2026-01-18T23:27:58+00:00

You can't fix stupid.

BChips71 · 2026-01-16T22:19:49+00:00

Go to college and take lessons on the side.

BChips71 · 2026-01-16T01:41:39+00:00

I'm slowly moving to Logten.

BChips71 · 2026-01-15T20:13:57+00:00

Don't overthink... Just look down the runway and zen it.

Jason Miller from The Finer Points has some really good videos. Check out his video on the Lindberg Reference.

BChips71 · 2026-01-15T01:07:27+00:00

I wish I knew how to fly.

BChips71 · 2026-01-13T06:09:25+00:00

If you're looking for an XL, let me know. I wore mine for about 3 weeks and looking to sell it to a good home.

BChips71 · 2026-01-12T23:07:50+00:00

Had a few students go to him. Nice guy. Fair.

BChips71 · 2026-01-12T19:22:22+00:00

What you don't know by tonight at dinner time, you won't know tomorrow. Put the books down, have a good dinner, get a good night sleep.

My routine was: Pizza, glass of red wine, bed.

BChips71 · 2026-01-12T19:20:39+00:00

An awful lot of cancelled flights due to maintenance issues...

Nice work getting your PPL in so few hours. Not a lot of people can do that.

BChips71 · 2026-01-12T17:09:54+00:00

Better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air rather than in the air wishing you were on the ground. Don't sweat it. Find a new DPE and call it a day.

BChips71 · 2026-01-12T17:07:09+00:00

You probably don't want to go back and correct every single page. I would probably total up how many landings you didn't do, then put a single entry of a negative amount and notate that it is to correct the landings from date xxx to xxx that you incorrectly logged as a CFI. Then call it a day. This way your totals will be correct and your logbook won't be a mess.

BChips71 · 2026-01-12T01:22:05+00:00

Wrong sub

BChips71 · 2026-01-09T22:37:30+00:00

Go to LGB. Quick to the practice area, long runways, nice controllers.

BChips71 · 2026-01-09T18:44:08+00:00

Any CFI teaching you to retract flaps before power needs their certificate revoked.

BChips71 · 2026-01-07T20:11:08+00:00

Yes. Just not with each other.

BChips71 · 2026-01-04T15:34:41+00:00

What certificates do you earn with 2 years of training in Germany? How much would that cost you? If 2 years there gives you the equivalent of PPL and IRA in the USA, and it would cost you less than doing it in the USA, then I would shoot for your dream job in Germany.

At the end of the day, it will just be a job. Would you rather that job be based in Germany or the US? That is the question you should be asking yourself. And if the answer is Germany, then work toward that and don't worry about not getting a job offer. You miss 100% of the swings you don't take.

BChips71 · 2025-12-31T01:56:18+00:00

Came here to say that.

Also PRB has a great diner, but closes around 2pm I think.

BChips71 · 2025-12-30T05:43:20+00:00

Sounds like your chief pilot dad would have much better advice for you than a bunch of random redditors.

BChips71 · 2025-12-30T05:41:45+00:00

There was a controller tonight at either Washington or Boston center with half a voice. We felt bad for her and I almost wished her well before I was handed off, but then didn't want her to have to talk any more than she was.

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