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You’ll learn when getting private pilot that you can’t receive anything of value, including hours like you’re thinking. Others have tried to argue this and failed. The FAA has issued legal interpretations on it. No, you can’t, and no one would hire a private pilot to do commercial work.

Hello. I agree, Jim. Feel free to reach out to finish it up.

Or they know that their market of 15 and 2-day folks won't do a 6-12 month course and their business model will become nonexistent.

Feel free to call anytime if you get confused. Happy to walk you through this. 805-505-SOAR(7627).

You cant add private airplane without a medical. The rest is moot. For requirements to add private airplane, 61.109.

Cheat code? Not really. Fewer flight training hours required? Yes. Any restrictions? Not sure what that’s asking. Private glider removes the sport limitations of altitude, night, etc, but private pilots still have limitations - not flying for pay, IMC without IFR, class A without ATC clearance...

Yes! We are exclusively self-launch for gliders.

Pipistrel Virus SW is our current motor glider for training

I guess if all else fails, that's a decent go-to.

So you're assuming he's pp asel (never said he was), has plenty of hours powered, and can easily (and wants to) add on comm asel first? How is going pp asel to c-asel and then straight adding on comm-g any easier? That means 2nd class med, still taking an exam, 10 hours view limited device, 10...

Okay, but I responded to your statement above, which I direct quote: "Doing Commercial Glider as your first Commercial is the hard way." That sentence is written in present tense, and you've now switched to past tense. Sure, back in the day, things might have been different. Your statement in...

Hi all, Nick here from Soar Paso in beautiful Paso Robles, California. Just want to introduce myself and the flight school. We are a quick (3 hours) and fun addition to any private ticket, as well as an accelerated route for new pilots (10 hours). We can solo kids at 14 and have their full...

I did my 100 flights in about 10 hours. 25 total hours is a lot less than 200 hours first and then adding on three. Like 178 less hours.

At 72

As both a CFI and CFIS, I completely agree. Well said