61 vs 141

[Joshrk22]

1. Get your private.
2. Get your Multi-engine Addon
3. Get your Instrument Rating in a Multi.
4. Get your Commercial in a Multi and go from there.

That's going to be about the cheapest way; minimizing flight time, checkrides, etc.

 

[UndauntedFlyer]

True, tailwheel/acro time is not that important for getting the ratings but it is for mastery of piloting. If you don't get it during your 250-hour program then I would guess that you'll never get it.

Is tailwheel and acro important, more so than most everyone thinks. I don't want to really get into that here now, but if you can figure out how to include the TW/Acro into your program you will never regret it.

 

[Catbert]

Fifth, as far as money goes, this can not be done on the cheap or as a pay as you go. That simply will not work here because you’ll be at this your whole life dreaming the dream instead of ever having a chance to live the dream.

That is a fact, Jack. Avoid this route at all costs. I'm a CFI now, but I spent eight years in various dead-end jobs, paying as I went. Not the way to go! Once you get the CFI, things begin to accelerate nicely. Get to that point as quickly as possible.

 

[meyers9163]

Yeah getting to the CFI will be a nice day. Obvioulsy I'm far away from that point but lets face it I have a over a year and 3 months left of college so I do have a little while. I just am trying to make the mistake of taking that 50k or more loan out like some of these academies do. I mean i realize the importance of Multi time and how ATP provides it and so do a few otehrs but I also know other ways of getting it. One of my friends is telling me get the CFI/CFII/MEI and then he will help me get on where he did his instructing where they have a charter op. So that'd be awesome.

Any ways he also had told me his way of going about his ratings and I was curious. He said it was due to not over lapping in the PTS and it worked for him and all his former students, just curious on thoughts.....


PPL, IFR with multi engine add-on, time build in a single..do the comm-multi, then comm single add-on then the CFII, MEI, and CFI

Guess he has reasons for this but i dunno. If it works it works however....

 

[Joshrk22]

PPL, IFR with multi engine add-on, time build in a single..do the comm-multi, then comm single add-on then the CFII, MEI, and CFI

I can't remember correctly but if you get your comm-multi you can't build it in a single like you have stated. You have to build 250 hours in ME aircraft. Everything else looks fine though! Goodluck my friend.

 

[meyers9163]

Good deal. thank you. I was thinking the single time building would be done before the check rides. And then do some multi traning prior to the check ride for comm in order to get that out of the way first followed with single add on. Therefore after that would just be instruction ratings. Thanks for the replies

 

[minitour]

I can't remember correctly but if you get your comm-multi you can't build it in a single like you have stated. You have to build 250 hours in ME aircraft. Everything else looks fine though! Goodluck my friend.

The only thing you'd need in the ME would be the required solo XC (the loooooooong one) and the dual flights (the day VFR/night VFR xc) and a few other things.

You can "build" as many hours as you want SE to count towards your 250 though.

-mini