69_Bug_Dude
The Undertaker
Well, here I sit after my first week at ATP-PIE with 10.9 hours logged along with 37 landings. I started with zero hours and I will give everyone who reads this, a play by play of my time here, both good and bad.
This week was a great week overall. I have noticed that studying a bunch before coming here has helped me a ton!!! I am taking my private written Thursday if all goes well thanks to the advice from some of you here on JC.
Study study study! That's all I do. I am in the ATP housing with a student that is a couple months ahead of me and an instructor. My typical day so far goes like this. I get up at 6 and start studying, I do not quit studying with the exception of eating and flying and that's the God's honest truth. I am quite weird as I enjoy studying and learning whereas many people don't. I usually go to bed between 11 and midnight but a few nights I was up til 2, thankfully I am a night owl that doesn't require a lot of sleep. I get buried in my studies and have to force myself to sleep.
The program itself is very fast paced but with putting studying time in, I am finding myself doing a lot of study sessions with those further along in the program and that's a major bonus. All of the students plan study sessions at the school during the day and some get together in the evenings as well.
We fly around 1.5 and 2 hours a day and fortunately the maneuvers came quickly to me as did the preflight, ATC communication, run-up and take offs. I did however struggle a bit with landings as I flared a bit early nearly every damn time. Today things clicked and I got my sight picture dialed in and had 8 smooth touchdowns with the stall horn blaring. I have two more days of practicing all of the maneuvers, landings and go-arounds and after that I move to Dual XC flights.
The instructors here have been very helpful as we have done quite a bit of ground work covering many facets of flying both VFR and IFR. I find that if you ask questions the instructors are more than happy to help explain things. That's how a quick question turns into a 2 hour discussion covering a wide array of topics.
So, so far so good! The worst part of all of this for me is being away from the wife and kiddos but they are my main motivational factor and I am determined to keep my nose to the grindstone with their support.
If anyone has any questions as I go through the 150 day ACPP, please ask away.
Take care,
Eric
This week was a great week overall. I have noticed that studying a bunch before coming here has helped me a ton!!! I am taking my private written Thursday if all goes well thanks to the advice from some of you here on JC.
Study study study! That's all I do. I am in the ATP housing with a student that is a couple months ahead of me and an instructor. My typical day so far goes like this. I get up at 6 and start studying, I do not quit studying with the exception of eating and flying and that's the God's honest truth. I am quite weird as I enjoy studying and learning whereas many people don't. I usually go to bed between 11 and midnight but a few nights I was up til 2, thankfully I am a night owl that doesn't require a lot of sleep. I get buried in my studies and have to force myself to sleep.
The program itself is very fast paced but with putting studying time in, I am finding myself doing a lot of study sessions with those further along in the program and that's a major bonus. All of the students plan study sessions at the school during the day and some get together in the evenings as well.
We fly around 1.5 and 2 hours a day and fortunately the maneuvers came quickly to me as did the preflight, ATC communication, run-up and take offs. I did however struggle a bit with landings as I flared a bit early nearly every damn time. Today things clicked and I got my sight picture dialed in and had 8 smooth touchdowns with the stall horn blaring.
I have two more days of practicing all of the maneuvers, landings and go-arounds and after that I move to Dual XC flights.The instructors here have been very helpful as we have done quite a bit of ground work covering many facets of flying both VFR and IFR. I find that if you ask questions the instructors are more than happy to help explain things. That's how a quick question turns into a 2 hour discussion covering a wide array of topics.
So, so far so good! The worst part of all of this for me is being away from the wife and kiddos but they are my main motivational factor and I am determined to keep my nose to the grindstone with their support.
If anyone has any questions as I go through the 150 day ACPP, please ask away.
Take care,
Eric
