Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:31 pm
#1683359
I was wondering if there are ideal or recommended points during PPL training that I can "take a break"? Basically, what I'm thinking about is to do training in concentrated periods, using holiday hours or clever ways of structuring my work hours in order to do this, and then taking a break to resume work. I was thinking of 1 or 2 breaks, nothing more. For instance, if I don't finish training this year as winter comes round, then I will take that break and won't look at flying again until spring or late-spring next year.
I would rather do this than spread the break out across a longer period or take multiple breaks because in my mind, doing just one or two breaks and I'll probably only lose an hour or two of flight time to show my instructor how much I've retained from previous lessons after each break. If I spread out the breaks, then I'll probably spend more than that time on review/revision.
To head off one potential direction that the conversation may take, I am an avid sim flyer (hence the name) and while previous experience was with combat flight simulations, I'm modifying my setup to cater to civilian flight sims as well. That means that during the breaks, not only will I armchair-fly, I will sim-fly too! I also appreciate that sim flying is nowhere near a replacement for actual flying (I am amazed at how easy it is to trim a real aircraft compared to the sim!), all I'm saying is that my skills won't deteriorate as much during my breaks, hopefully!
Any thoughts appreciated! Cheers!
I would rather do this than spread the break out across a longer period or take multiple breaks because in my mind, doing just one or two breaks and I'll probably only lose an hour or two of flight time to show my instructor how much I've retained from previous lessons after each break. If I spread out the breaks, then I'll probably spend more than that time on review/revision.
To head off one potential direction that the conversation may take, I am an avid sim flyer (hence the name) and while previous experience was with combat flight simulations, I'm modifying my setup to cater to civilian flight sims as well. That means that during the breaks, not only will I armchair-fly, I will sim-fly too! I also appreciate that sim flying is nowhere near a replacement for actual flying (I am amazed at how easy it is to trim a real aircraft compared to the sim!), all I'm saying is that my skills won't deteriorate as much during my breaks, hopefully!
Any thoughts appreciated! Cheers!