How many hours of flight could you log per semester?

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GreenTea01

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I am looking to fast track or at least fly a good amount. If I start a college program with my PP can I go ahead and do a checkride on the schools plane and begin to log hours either on my own PIC or with instructor. I believe the required amount is 190hrs for commercial. Same question but for simulator time.

I am asking because I would have to be away from the family until the program is completed and I'd prefer to obtain hours on a quicktime manner.
I read that one school (mgc) doesn't allow hours to be built on your own ie if you own a plane or rent one. Maybe it's a FAA rule for part 141. Weekends could be utilized to log hours in my fatherinlaws c152. It's and old but nice plane and the price is right. Just curious on that.

I'd assume that I may be held back on getting maximum hours until instruments are achieved.


Again- how many hours could a student fly in a semester? Is there a max number allowed by the program or is it limited by instructor/plane availbility.
 
GreenTea01 said:
I am looking to fast track or at least fly a good amount. If I start a college program with my PP can I go ahead and do a checkride on the schools plane and begin to log hours either on my own PIC or with instructor. I believe the required amount is 190hrs for commercial. Same question but for simulator time.

I am asking because I would have to be away from the family until the program is completed and I'd prefer to obtain hours on a quicktime manner.
I read that one school (mgc) doesn't allow hours to be built on your own ie if you own a plane or rent one. Maybe it's a FAA rule for part 141. Weekends could be utilized to log hours in my fatherinlaws c152. It's and old but nice plane and the price is right. Just curious on that.

I'd assume that I may be held back on getting maximum hours until instruments are achieved.


Again- how many hours could a student fly in a semester? Is there a max number allowed by the program or is it limited by instructor/plane availbility.
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Going to try here. The way you're wording things, is a bit confusing.
Training in a 141 environment means that you follow the school's syllabus more or less to a T. You can fly to your hearts content outside of school and log every tenth, but the school will likely still need you to complete their program more or less. If you come in with a ppl, some will let you test out of that course, which usually includes a checkride.
So in all likelyhood, you'll probably still end up flying the 190 hours with the school even if at the point that you have 190 hours with the school(training done), you actually have 250 total. That is if you can even get a csmel in 190 hours. Remember that's the bare minimum.

The max hours will be defined by the programs syllabus. You will basically fly what it says. There are so many 141 programs out there, I think they all do it differently to some degree. Some places have fast track programs that get you done in just a few months, others take a few years. It mostly depends on if you're getting anything along with the ratings.

Now, personally, if I had a 152 for cheap, I'd find a good instructor at the local fbo, and work on the ppl to make sure the whole thing is for you. After you achieve that, decide if you would like to continue on in that 152, again for cheap, and get the instrument ticket to. Your amount of flying per whatever time-frame will depend on you and your instructor.

Remember, it's not a race. By getting done in 4 months, 1 year or 5 you still win. Have fun.
 
That's what I was afraid of, having to follow the program by the exact letter. This is summer break for most schools and nobody is responding. Hopefully I can get clear answers soon from them. It depends on of I start next semester or wait till January. Along with how much time/$$ I spend prior to 141 at a 61. Either way I am having fun and learning.

Sure it's not a race but I am under a time limit for the reason of my veterans benefit. I only have 12 months of benefits and the dollar amount is more than enough to cover 200hrs of "fees" at a college 141 program. Also constrained with time by work and family, like most people.
 
Most I did was 60 flight hours in one semester and that was fairly tough with 141 stage checks, sims, and a full time college course load.
 
GreenTea01 said:
Sure it's not a race but I am under a time limit for the reason of my veterans benefit. I only have 12 months of benefits and the dollar amount is more than enough to cover 200hrs of "fees" at a college 141 program. Also constrained with time by work and family, like most people.
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Here is the way that I understand how you can use your Veterans Benefits:

I believe you must have your private before you can use your Veterans Benefits. Then those Veterans benefits are only usable at a Part 141 flight school. You can not use Veterans benefits at a part 61 school.

So if my understanding is correct, then you should obtain your Private at your local airport with a CFI that you have hired under part 61 at your own expense. Then once you have your Private you can enter a Part 141 school to get your instrument and multi commercial ratings.

So let's say it takes you 70 hours to get your Private and a standard Part 141 course requires a minimum of 190 hours to get all of your ratings. I do not believe you can count those 70 prior hours (from your part 61 Private training) towards the 190 hours. However you can count the 70 hours towards the traditional 250 hour FAA requirement. The 141 school can instruct you under the 190 hour or the 250 hour requirement. So in this case you could "save" about 10 hours of flying if you use the 250 hour FAA requirement because you would need 180 hours after your Private. To be honest you really need hours and you should not be trying to "save" hours at this point in your career.

You will need to check with one of the 141 schools to get the exact requirements on all of this but I do believe I have laid it out as I understand the requirements for using your Veterans benefits.

Joe
 
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