Time to Solo?

[Big_saint]

Im sure there have been, but what I've seen from a few schools there are some that will be able to get past these processes. Dont ask me how they have they've done it, but they have.

[flyinkiwi]

I don't get what the big deal is with going solo in x hours. It's progressing from your first solo to obtaining your PPL (and beyond) that is more important imo.

[Guru8904]

Some people are just not meant to be pilots a instructor told me once.

I totally agree but at the same time there a lots of people just not meant to be instructors.
Not always, but at times, with such instructors, time to solo generally tends to increase. I say this from years of instructional experience.

[PA39]

Its not based on hours but on competency. When your Instructor sits there for lap after lap after lap with absolutely no input (except engine failures etc)....its time. The majority of students are apprehensive to go on their own, so the line up jump out method worked well for me over the years. 8 hrs -30 it doesn't matter. I sent a bloke solo once and the sponge from the aircleaner element or whatever, sucked into the carby!! the student put it back down on the rwy beautifully. When i asked him he how it was, he replied ....just like in practise, no panic, just like in practise.

However i must say that should an instructor determine that the student is just not "cut out for it", he or she should be advised as soon as possible after the determination.

[aileron_69]

One of my instructors at the aeroclub where I did my ppl held the club record for most hours to go solo. Top bloke, in his 60s and just took awhile to pick it up. But he did pick it up, and became an instructor, and to this day remains one of the best instructors I ever had

[training wheels]

Originally Posted by aileron_69

One of my instructors at the aeroclub where I did my ppl held the club record for most hours to go solo. Top bloke, in his 60s and just took awhile to pick it up. But he did pick it up, and became an instructor, and to this day remains one of the best instructors I ever had

I'm not surprised ... he's probably seen many different ways to land himself and knows now, which is the correct attitude and technique to use, upon which, he can now impart on to his students.