Flight instructor: “Do your best, lol.”

  • Shadow@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Landings are pretty much your first focus after basic air work, and you can solo in 15-20 hours typically. A full license is around 80 hours (at least here in Canada), and she had a ppl already.

    When i soloed my instructor was kind enough to get out of the plane while we were on the ground. What a horrible experience for this student.

    • excursion22@piefed.ca
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      2 days ago

      PPL minimum in Canada is 45 flight hours and it’s common for students to solo in 10. “Full license” also doesn’t really mean anything. There’s a recreational pilot permit, private pilot license, and commercial pilot license, with various ratings/endorsements among those.

      An Argentinian PPL is likely different, given the article’s mention of the pilot needing to still build time with an instructor. Though, it could’ve been a rental checkout of some sort.