>>1820020And I'm saying I will gladly go solo if you pay for my ongoing flight time to do so. As far as I'm concerned, if I fully man the controls start to finish with no instructor involvement, that's good enough for me. I'd only say "I can fly a plane", not "I'm a pilot". There's always a chance I'd continue doing it and go on, but this is just the first goal I'm looking to achieve and will decide when I reach it where to go next and if I enjoy it enough and have enough use for a license to justify the cost and time.
On that note, does anyone know if flight time ever expires for the purposes of working toward a license? Like, for example, for college there are usually 5 year limits of no enrollment before you have to start over, is there anything similar with flying?