Originally Posted by
zegnaangelo
Yeah its all a bit confusing which ways to go.
I would maybe just take a stab at the IR on first go, but the thing is I don't have 50 hours PIC X-country yet - will need to hour build that which will take some time and $
I thought maybe having a NVFR/PIFR will help in that regard towards X-country hour buildling.
I was in your exact position. Decided to do all the training for IFR and then if I dodnt have the required xc in time for the flight test, Id do the PIFR and then in 12 months, upgrade to full SEIFR. I think I was at about 30hrs xc when I started and finished my training with 6hrs left to.go xc. Did a couple of flights over the weekend to finish off my xc and now I'm ready for pre test and floght test as soon as I get a spare week.