cwyckham said:
I agree fully that timing of the hours matters. Also, what type of flying being done during those hours and the aptitude of the pilot. All of these factors can help an individual pilot be safer than the mythical "average pilot" that the statistics speak to.
And, it's nice to get some credit for it.
I was speaking with the local flight school manager about the potential of waiving some of the insurance requirements for the Seneca (mere mortals have to have 700 hours TT or 100 multi). He didn't commit to any specific number of hours, but he did say that he knew that my 350+ hours have been widely varied and of higher quality than someone who flies the same area/type of flight/type of aircraft over and over again. I guess that amounts to a "we'll see" but it should be less than 700.
I am kind of proud of my logbook so far. I think it was at 368 hours last I looked; that includes not only the immediate area but also out as far as Texas, Florida, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. It includes not just ASEL, but AMEL, ASES, and glider time. And some upside-down time thanks to Chip.
I can also think of at least 18 aircraft types right off the top of my head (Hmmm, I'll have to look through the book and count those up sometime too.)
I was kinda bummed that my IR took so long, but looking at this I guess I've done just fine.
Spike, congrats again on the 500, and here's to many more!