Originally Posted by
hugh flung_dung
It's not time that's the issue, it's the opportunity to boost the self-confidence of the stude and to start developing captaincy.
Yes there's a small risk, but it's significantly less than sending people on their first solo and IMHO the benefit outweighs it. If we are never to trust a stude to be alone in an aircraft with the engine running then the first time they are alone is on that first solo, and the first time they start or refuel by themselves is when they're on their first un-checked solo circuits - that's too big a step.
HFD
But the first time that;
The IR student, the IMC student, the CPL student, the Instructor student fly as Captain is
after they get their qualification and often with passengers.
Do you think that the above courses should include student solo time like the PPL does?
Why not get rid of the solo time from the PPL and then restrict new PPLs to solo only until they have a certain amount of post PPL experience?
Why is solo flying often with no direct observation held in such high esteeme? In many cases, it is simply perfecting bad habbits. People with minimal solo usually do better than those with lots of solo prior to the GST.
Regards,
DFC