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Originally Posted by Berkut  This isn't a good idea, in my opinion. You should fly often during your training. Flying often aids your retention and you spend less time re-learning things you've forgotten from lesson to lesson. Dragging it out would cost more than if he had just taken a loan out in the first place. Better to save over that period than to space the lessons out. |
I don't think it is a bad thing to fly every other week. Will it take you a bit longer, possibly, I think it all depends on the person. There are people, I am sure, who flew a few times a week and didn't get their PPL until well above the average just as I am sure there are people who flew once a week or every other week who got their PPL under the average time.
In a perfect world we all would be able to fly everyday and pay cash for all of our lessons. But if he just wants to fly, starting out every other week is not a bad thing. The difference in money could be offset by numerous things. What if he waits two years and the price of fuel doubles or triples. It will not matter that he is flying every day and finishes a mere 10 hours sooner, he will still be paying more than he would if he starts now.
Neither school of thought is wrong. Personally, I prefer flying as often as possible, but that is because I love being in the air. But I think flying every other week is better than not flying at all.