I guess I'd better reply to this one, since it was me who started it
(Not that I wouldn't reply anyway, you understand...)
So, last year I said the following:
My plans for next year? Much simpler than last year. I aim to be being paid for flying by this time next year, most likely as an instructor.
And yes, I achieved it!
Aims for next year, then:
- Get an Instrument Rating. And not only that, but also to get a first-time pass. (If you don't frequent the Wannabes forum you may not realise that the first-time pass rate for JAR IRs is unbelievably small.)
- Be paid enough to be able to live on
- Carry on enjoying flying at least as much as I have done for the past 4 and a bit years
I would love to be able to log lots more actual instrument time. Realistically, though, this isn't likely to happen. Almost all of my job as an instructor needs to be done in VMC, and my employer does not make it financially viable for me to become an IMC instructor. So unless I get another job, the only significant flying I will do in IMC will be for my IR, and I will no doubt loose the skills soon after I get them.
FFF
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