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What is a sound way for a new certificate holder to build experience?
Choices
✓ Expand the envelope in manageable steps, gaining exposure to new conditions with an instructor firstcorrect
Incremental expansion with instructor support builds judgment safely.
Immediately attempt the most challenging weather solo
Jumping straight to demanding conditions alone is unsafe.
Only log hours without varying the type of flying
Quality and variety of experience matter more than raw hours.
Avoid busier airspace indefinitely
Gradual, guided exposure to busier airspace is part of growing.
Why
New pilots build experience deliberately by expanding their envelope in manageable steps and gaining exposure to varied conditions with an instructor before doing so alone, logging quality experience.
FAA source: AFH / building experiencebrowse the reference library →
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