Originally Posted by
bose-x
Does not fit me or virtually any of the PPL's I know......
We have our own pilot operated lights and so virtually everyone has a current night rating and half are IMC. The ones that are not are flying permit aircraft singing the praises and wishing they would at least allow night flight....
I own, I fly 350-500hrs per year, night and IR.
And would you say in answer to the original question that this is average for a privately funded PPL?
500 hours a year at around £100 / hour equates to £50,000 in cold cash - nice one Bose. I would not say that anyone in the remotely average PPL bracket can write off that amount of cash for pleasure.
I would estimate that between £2,000 and £5,000 is what most PPL's budget annually for flying. Flying paragliders would give you a much higher hourly useage for the same budget as opposed to using the budget to stay current in an expensive SEP (or Twin) - group ownership of SEP's and Permit also give more utilisation hours for your £.