How much time logged per day in training at Ari?

[BrianNC]

In the interest of getting finished as soon as possible, how much time can you average per day in training at Ari?

Are there so many students that there is a conflict in scheduling the planes?

How many planes do they have?

[SmitteyB]

Depends. The instructor schedules the flights, which to me is a drag, but....

Most usually average 1.7 a day...maybe a tad less....depends. If you want to fly twice a day, then you could easily log 3/day....

Good luck...

[BrianNC]

Wow. Thought it would be a lot more than that. 200 hrs would take a long time at 1.7 per day. But then maybe I am not being realistic about it since I know nothing about that kind of training environment. Is it mainly due to so many people training?

If there wasn't a scheduling conflict, what realisticly could a person train in a day and it still be benificial?

[Cruise]

Brian,

You can plan to log between 1.5 - 4 hrs a day while you're working on your multi-engine rating......I really depends on your instructor and how much YOU study. Then, once you have completed the multi-engine rating, it's off to the land of time-builders.....assuming you've already completed your instrument rating. Once you are time-building, you can fly as much as 10 - 12 hours a day. Be careful here, I don't recommend just flying 10 hrs a day to race to the finish. Some people do it though.......in my opinion, it's fine if you fly that much once-in-a-while; but to do it every day, you're asking to get burned out or get yourself in trouble. Your brain starts to go to mush after about 8 hrs of flying. So, you can finish 200 hours in around 6 - 8 weeks without much problem.

Hope it helps,
Matt

[BrianNC]

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Brian,

You can plan to log between 1.5 - 4 hrs a day while you're working on your multi-engine rating......I really depends on your instructor and how much YOU study. Then, once you have completed the multi-engine rating, it's off to the land of time-builders.....assuming you've already completed your instrument rating. Once you are time-building, you can fly as much as 10 - 12 hours a day. Be careful here, I don't recommend just flying 10 hrs a day to race to the finish. Some people do it though.......in my opinion, it's fine if you fly that much once-in-a-while; but to do it every day, you're asking to get burned out or get yourself in trouble. Your brain starts to go to mush after about 8 hrs of flying. So, you can finish 200 hours in around 6 - 8 weeks without much problem.

Hope it helps,
Matt

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Thanks Matt.

Where do the commercial multi and single and the instrudtor ratings come in? Are they gotten out of the way all at once up front also? Or interspersed in the time building?

One other question: since I already have the instrument, obviously I can use that time to time build. But that would also mean I didn't use an instuctor for that 40 hours to get the instrument either. Is that taken into consideration and added to the flight time, since an instructor is not having to be paid for that 40 hours (or 20 hours) of instrument training either? In other words, is that money that would have been spent on the instructor for the instrument rating added back in to my money and counted toward time building/cross country time?

And I assume the 10-12 hours a day that could be done is at night. Much conflict with scheduling for the time building at night? I am assuming all of this is either done under the hood or as a safety pilot for someone else.

[TripleSticks]

brian,

depends on how many hours you have after you get your multi engine rating. usually people time build till they have enough hours to get their commercials.

ya need 250 for the commercial so you will have to do at least that.

there might be some insurance reqt's for the multi as well. but i'm not sure. anyway... usually people get the multi private. then the instrument in the multi (covers the single), then they time build, then the commercials and then the instructor ratings.

since you have your instrument single you will need to do the multi private with instrument privilages. then timebuild (if needed to get the reqd hours for the commercials). get the commercials and then do the instructor stuff. if ya have money left over because you didn't have to use it all for timebuilding then usually people save it for trips.

for instance.
Fantasy Fest in Key West is a must do. Especially if you think naked pretty people are nice to see.

or maybe that's just me.

j

[BrianNC]

I have about 240-242 hours so that would be taken care of getting the multi/multi-instrument. So no problem there.

That being the case, and not needing hours for a rating, would then all the ratings be done in succession and then all the time building after I finished the ratings?

[TripleSticks]

I'm pretty sure you could do your time building any time you want. The only thing would be the insurance limitations but i'm not sure what those are... or even if they're are any.

j

[kailuaboy]

240 hrs?

This is what i recommend. Get your 10-15 hrs for the multi training. Do your Commercial Multi w/Inst. checkride. Then go time build for 100hrs. Get your MEI, CFI and CFII.

Call the Aviator for the pricing. You might get a better deal then paying $29,999. I say better deal, because; if you decide to do the Pro Course ($29,999), you will have to fly with your instructor for 75 hrs DUAL in the Duchess before you can time-build. One advantage of going through the pro course, is youll be hired by Mike as an instructor.

If you decide to just get your Commercial Multi w/Inst. and the 100hrs time building, you probibly wont be hired by Mike as an instructor, BUT, you wont have to pay the 30K, youll obviously pay less.

I guess it all depends on your goals and what you wanna do.

Hope this helps.
Ivan