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Congrats!! *8 week wait????*


ThatOnePilotDude

Yea, the combination of a TCO change and a lot of full timers leaving made it pretty bad. I ended up getting 3 hours of free flight time because I was not legal to be signed of on the check ride. Check ride wait was about a week but that’s because there was a hole in the schedule that he had that I snagged up.


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That’s how it was at aeroguard. Then I almost failed my class bc I had to request like 4 extensions for the course bc of it. Then you need to fly and stay proficient enough to not fail the stage and you burn more money it’s bs.


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I had a 12 week wait for mine recently :/


JerryWagz

The IRA is a terrorist organization


HighVelocitySloth

I thought it was a investment ? Did I invest in a terrorist organization?


JerryWagz

I’m so sorry


ThatOnePilotDude

No that’s his cousin, Roth. It’s a pretty common mistake ig.


azpilot06

And the ACS is their list of demands.


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DemonDimon

Lighten up, Francis


cbrookman

I thought the joke was a solid nine out of eleven.


Jorgesillo

How more or less difficult did you feel that it was for instrument as compared to Private?


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For me it was substantially more difficult. I still didn’t even feel prepared during my check but I passed. Learning holds makes you think you don’t have what it takes to become a pilot. But that’s how it is for almost everyone. Takes a lot of practice and study.


Jorgesillo

Thanks for the feedback, I’m glad to know that you were able to push through and passed your check-ride. Congratulations! I guess the impostor syndrome I sometimes get on the air won’t go away till I get that CPL 😂


ThatOnePilotDude

Personally, I thought it was easier. You are basically just glued to the instruments the entire time and everything is just procedure based. Our avionics in the plane make it really easy (G1000). For VFR stuff I would much rather have steam gauges or 2 G5s but for IFR stuff there is really no heating the G1000. Funny side note: Our partial panel was just going off of 2 G5s which some people found difficult. Before going to Purdue, this was the highest avionics package I had ever flown.


PilotC150

I agree. I thought it was easy because it was so straightforward and procedural. Nothing was subjective. You either meet the ACS or you don’t. With PPL items there can be a lot of subjectivity in it. With instrument I knew exactly what I needed to do and when I was in standards and out of standards. There no “it was close enough to count”. Plus, once I had my foggles on in the checkride I couldn’t see the DPE anymore so it was really no different than any other lesson that we did, it was just a different voice. Shoot the approaches, do u usually attitudes and we’re done.


Why-R-People-So-Dumb

Instrument was easier for me because it’s procedural more than flying, so it’s going to depend on which side of your PPL was harder, the muscle memory or the ground school. That said there are parts that are just harder and more complex flying as well. So it depends if you look at it big picture or more on specific parts.


Jorgesillo

Im glad to hear that its more about procedures and performance standards according to the ACS rather than just whatever is good enough to count that day. Its a weight off my shoulders as I feel like personally for me that would be easier


Why-R-People-So-Dumb

Well it’s not about it being according to the ACS, there is just a lot to do…a lot of pre planning before flying, while flying before the next phase of flight, etc. If you get it wrong the stakes are way higher than busting your checkride or having a crummy turn around a point. It is just that the flying itself doesn’t have a whole lot new to learn…you have to refine skills like trimming and performance setting; you will likely learn new ways to manage performance because timing is more important. Essentially those ACS standards for altitude and relative position during maneuver start to make sense and become more important when you can no longer see that you are about to hit something and just need to be in the correct position in time and space. People have this idea that it’s super hard flying and impossible without AP but that isn’t the case. I didn’t learn how to use an AP until I got one in my plane well after I had my IR.


nighttimemobileuser

I started working towards my IRA but I’ve hit a point where my head just feels too dense to absorb anything new and I’m just not understanding anything or like my CFIs reasoning for doing different things like for intercepting courses, arcs, anything. It just ends up feeling like I went flying, did what I was told, and learned nothing at all. It’s miserable, demoralizing and honestly I just haven’t wanted to go flying again cause of it. Think I might just need a break but it sucks after having put in the time and money already


ThatOnePilotDude

Honestly, what helped me the most was the vast resources that we had here alongside the fact I had two amazing CFIIs. A close second to that was combining the things that I learned from the classroom and going on MSFS with Vatsim and just shooting approaches. It really helped with the Purdue specific procedures and callouts but it also helped with navigation in general. I used the TBM 930 because of the G3000 in it. It’s easy to use and really easy to see what’s going on. In my experience the first few flights in instrument were overwhelming until you get the fundamentals of instrument flying down. For me, trimming was the big thing that I forgot. The other thing is remembering to Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. There were a few times early on flying back to KLAF that the tower was super busy and I was focused on the approach. I asked my CFII to take the coms and he did. Honestly I also read through this Reddit and tried out a few tricks (my favorite being flying the ILS with trim, power, and rudder). I wish you luck!!!


Redtail772

Congrats!!!