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Took 250 hours to get my PPL!!!

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Hello, this is really embarrassing but it took me a total of 250 hours just to get my PPL because I kept stopping and starting my training with long breaks in between. Now I am considering getting the rest of my ratings and trying to make a career in flying. Should I even bother or did me taking embarrassingingly so many hours to get my PPL ruin my chance at a flying career? Thank you for your replies and feel free to laugh at me....

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  1. ayavner on Mar 05, 2019

    Honestly no one really cares. I wouldn’t dwell on it unless someone brings it up – you could go now right into your instrument and commercial and by the time you finish those up, you’d be right about where you should be for those – I would not sweat it personally 🙂

    No one is going to laugh at you – these things happen, and it takes as long as it takes. As long as you are safe and can maintain standards – that is the important thing.

    Congrats on the PPL!
    adam

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  2. KDS on Mar 05, 2019

    Back when I started flying, I knew of a student pilot with 3,500 hours. Of course, back then students didn’t have the limitations that exist today.

    Personally, I think you might have a unique perspective to offer as a flight instructor.

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  3. Mackey on Mar 14, 2019

    Where does it say on your certificate that it took that many hours? The bottom line is you now have the privilege and responsibility of that certificate.
    I am re-instating as a CFI after a 20 plus year hiatus!

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