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Originally Posted by BrianL99
One of the most proficient young pilots (under 250 hours flying time) I ever met, was young kid I hired to deliver an airplane I sold. The FAA regs required approximately 40 hours of classroom & 40 hours of flying time, for a Private Pilot's License. Most folks take about 60 hours of flying time, to pass the test. This young man did it with 41 hours. Same story with his Instrument Rating. Turns out, he had been "flying" Flight Simulator in his basement for years. Generational differences.
Another fellow I know (my Optometrist) ended up in Divorce Court. He used to spend 4-5 hours a night in his basement, flying all over the world on his Flight Simulator. He was about the best "Flight Plan" planner I had ever seen ... but he had never actually been in a small airplane. When I bought my last airplane, I went over to his office to bring him to the airport for a ride. He was scared to death and wouldn't even come to the airport with me. He loved the vicarious thrill of flying to Amsterdam in his basement, but quick ride for a $200 hamburger, scared him to death.
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Not sure this equates but my family member (an attorney) had a colleague who graduated from Harvard and at the top of his class at Harvard Law. He took the bar exam approximately 9 times in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s...couldn’t pass it. Went on to have a great career as a paralegal and had a prolific title search business as well at that time. So I guess practicing on the periphery but I wonder how many untapped, talented people we lose in every genre because of test anxiety