Flying again after 10 years

[CesnaCaptn]

Does anyone here have experience training a pilot who hasn't flow for 10 years? Is there a syllabus or a loose outline to follow? This person has a commercial single, with a commercial multi next. How many hours of flying/ground might it take to get fully up to speed?

 

[NoahWerka]

Just follow the Regs as though he was a brand new student pilot. Both of you will be surprised as to how quickly things will come back. Adapt them to his re-learning curve and he should be alright. I have done this several times, once on a guy that had not flown since WWII. Werked out well in all cases.

 

[JAFI]

Search for "Flight Review" information. Which is basiclly what you are doing here. The airman will need a CFI signed Flight Review (61.56) if they wish to act as PIC. But this would be a good place to start for your review.

 

[cldsfr79]

I had a student once that didn't fly in ten years. I set up a lesson plan that was about 10 hours of flying and about 20 hours of ground. I treated them like a mini private pilot student. The first couple lessons were just about getting him back in the saddle by doing basic air work and flying the pattern again. The following lessons got more complex with cross country flying, night flying, hood flying, emergency procedures, etc. By the time they were done with training, he felt safe and confident.

For ground school, since they have most likely forgotten a lot and are very hazy in rules and regs, you must do a lot of reviewing. Hit all the points that are required for your private pilot written and make sure you assign homework for them to do reading on their own.

Good luck.

 

[SWA GUY]

Remember to use the PTS (Practical Test Standards) as a guide. It can be very helpful.

 

[no1pilot2000]

When I was taking my Private pilot ground school, one of the people I took the class with was restarting his training after being out of flying for 16 years. After all those years, he was motivated and the skills he learned in the beginning came back to him rather quickly.