Actually I'll have around 19 months from right now until delivery, so obviously time is of the essence! I fully understand that this plane is a whole lot 'o' rosie and that if I come into this undertrained there's not a snowballs chance that i'll be flying left seat in this thing.
I wouldn't risk my life or theirs either, " there's old pilots, and there's bold pilots, but there aren't many old bold pilots", I want to be an old pilot!
I'm not the least bit naive about this bird, but realistically if they pay for the training there is no reason I shouldn't be at least close to 1500 hrs in 19 months if I bust my ass.
My real pressing question is do I stay local or head to an academy? And if so...which one is the best one? Gotta admit, all expense paid trip to flight school for a year can't be all that bad
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Alpha academy...? I just need time/training not a job!