Originally Posted by
ChickenHouse
This is a somewhat difficult question.
When taking your partner, do at least 50 hours a year.
When taking somebody else, do at least 100 hours a year.
Huh. I'd have put these the other way round
On low hours, would it make sense to fly for just part of the year? Have the winter off, then a checkride at the beginning of summer to knock the dust off and blow through the annual budget over a few months?