misteryan
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Hi all,
Instrument student here, whose written expires 10/31. So I don’t get the extension offered by the FAA due to covid. I’ve put in a ton of sim time over the past few months (for obvious reasons), and I’m feeling quite proficient on approaches, holds, and the tech in my airplane (750). My biggest worry is the oral.
The way I look at it is, I’ve got nothing to lose by taking the practical. I have flown 3 hours since our plane came out of getting a new engine last month. Prior to that it was February. I feel competent in the airplane. What I need is my 3 hours of instruction in the previous 90 days and then I can just take it. I guess my main question is, should I schedule a bit earlier rather than later in case of discontinuance or weather or scheduling conflicts (I’m in the NE, usually nice fall weather)? Or schedule it in like the last two weeks of October?
And any opinions on whether the extension gets extended?
The backstory is that my wife is not too keen on me getting into a Cherokee with anyone else right now. I’d like to just get it done, but at the same time, I’m 44, I’m never going pro, so failing a checkride won’t kill me, but neither will putting it off until next summer, taking the written again, etc.
What say ye?
Instrument student here, whose written expires 10/31. So I don’t get the extension offered by the FAA due to covid. I’ve put in a ton of sim time over the past few months (for obvious reasons), and I’m feeling quite proficient on approaches, holds, and the tech in my airplane (750). My biggest worry is the oral.
The way I look at it is, I’ve got nothing to lose by taking the practical. I have flown 3 hours since our plane came out of getting a new engine last month. Prior to that it was February. I feel competent in the airplane. What I need is my 3 hours of instruction in the previous 90 days and then I can just take it. I guess my main question is, should I schedule a bit earlier rather than later in case of discontinuance or weather or scheduling conflicts (I’m in the NE, usually nice fall weather)? Or schedule it in like the last two weeks of October?
And any opinions on whether the extension gets extended?
The backstory is that my wife is not too keen on me getting into a Cherokee with anyone else right now. I’d like to just get it done, but at the same time, I’m 44, I’m never going pro, so failing a checkride won’t kill me, but neither will putting it off until next summer, taking the written again, etc.
What say ye?