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I am a salaried commercial pilot with flight time bonuses for a small commercial operator. To fill in the gaps in the work we offer instruction. When I instruct I generally provide the 15 minute Pre and Post Flight Brief free of charge to the customer. I can do this because I am getting paid (a...

DMS seems to be the only one that gets it.

Struggle to wake up. Make espresso, coffee can't cut it. Drive wife to work. Drive to my hangar to clean plane and hangar. Decide I should fly said plane now that its clean. Fly over the central coast of California. Put plane away dirty and rush to work. Preflight helicopter and make flight...

The problem with skipping the private is getting that 35 hours PIC time. It would all have to be solo to be PIC. That is a lot of time for someone that is just a student pilot in helicopters. You end up needing training to get to commercial standards in the end anyway. None of that dual can be...