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It took me 8 years.
How about trying to plan a mix of short/long distance flights? On good days you go for longer ones and when the weather is not all that good you just go for circuits?
As for Florida I would question as if 100 hrs would be possible in April. How about Arizona, Nevada or California?
How about trying to plan a mix of short/long distance flights? On good days you go for longer ones and when the weather is not all that good you just go for circuits?
As for Florida I would question as if 100 hrs would be possible in April. How about Arizona, Nevada or California?
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There's an awful lot of "missing the point" going on here.
Ask yourselves the question: why do you have to hours build? The answer is EXPERIENCE. It's not about numbers in the log book but experience.
The most effective way is shortish flights, visiting numerous different airports, speaking to different ATC units and not just flogging around for as long as possible in straight lines.
The spirit of the requirement is to build experience, although the letter of the "law" expresses that as hours.
Ask yourselves the question: why do you have to hours build? The answer is EXPERIENCE. It's not about numbers in the log book but experience.
The most effective way is shortish flights, visiting numerous different airports, speaking to different ATC units and not just flogging around for as long as possible in straight lines.
The spirit of the requirement is to build experience, although the letter of the "law" expresses that as hours.
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Crikey there's a lot of rubbish spoken on here sometimes.
I did 200 hours in a month in the USA, prior to becoming an airline pilot.
It is most definitely possible, if you plan well you will gain invaluable experience.
Why do people who haven't flown in the USA harp on about European weather and procedures? Please only talk about what you know.
I've flown both so can say. In the USA I decided the best hours in the logbook would be cross country, night, instrument and landing at big airports. The sort of flying that I'd be doing with the airlines. The CAA don't "frown" on it, they don't care when or how you got hours or how many you've got!!! You might though want to get a letter from the school you hired the aircraft from, just to confirm you really did do those hours in that aircraft (some people just make stuff up).
You WILL see weather there, but by being flexible you'll also gain huge experience. I have flown from San Diego to Vancouver and back and also from LA to Florida and back. Its good to have a goal each day and also allow a bit of time for sightseeing and relaxing. I started early in the morning, flew for maybe 3 hours, stopped for breakfast somewhere, then maybe did another hour or so, had lunch and an afternoon's sightseeing, then flew another couple of hours to where I would nightstop. I used a Rand McNally road atlas in addition to flying maps, so I could think "hmm, Kentucky, sounds like fun, the Derby is on, lets go there!" and so on. Call the weather briefers, if weather is too bad then go to Plan B. Have lots of back up plans!!
Decide where you want to see in America and go do it. However, as I mentioned, having an IR, even if "just" an FAA one was extremely useful, there were times I was flying down to near minima, which was great experience. Also worth getting into some big airports for the experience, that is the kind of flying you'd be doing with an airline and although its often far busier at the big airports in the US than in Europe, it is worth persevering. The US is basically very similar in many ways to Europe, and lets face it the majority of big airports these days radar vector you in, whichever continent you're in.
I did 200 hours in a month in the USA, prior to becoming an airline pilot.
It is most definitely possible, if you plan well you will gain invaluable experience.
Why do people who haven't flown in the USA harp on about European weather and procedures? Please only talk about what you know.
I've flown both so can say. In the USA I decided the best hours in the logbook would be cross country, night, instrument and landing at big airports. The sort of flying that I'd be doing with the airlines. The CAA don't "frown" on it, they don't care when or how you got hours or how many you've got!!! You might though want to get a letter from the school you hired the aircraft from, just to confirm you really did do those hours in that aircraft (some people just make stuff up).
You WILL see weather there, but by being flexible you'll also gain huge experience. I have flown from San Diego to Vancouver and back and also from LA to Florida and back. Its good to have a goal each day and also allow a bit of time for sightseeing and relaxing. I started early in the morning, flew for maybe 3 hours, stopped for breakfast somewhere, then maybe did another hour or so, had lunch and an afternoon's sightseeing, then flew another couple of hours to where I would nightstop. I used a Rand McNally road atlas in addition to flying maps, so I could think "hmm, Kentucky, sounds like fun, the Derby is on, lets go there!" and so on. Call the weather briefers, if weather is too bad then go to Plan B. Have lots of back up plans!!
Decide where you want to see in America and go do it. However, as I mentioned, having an IR, even if "just" an FAA one was extremely useful, there were times I was flying down to near minima, which was great experience. Also worth getting into some big airports for the experience, that is the kind of flying you'd be doing with an airline and although its often far busier at the big airports in the US than in Europe, it is worth persevering. The US is basically very similar in many ways to Europe, and lets face it the majority of big airports these days radar vector you in, whichever continent you're in.
