Hi Scott!

Welcome aboard and good on you for making the leap! A "Midlife Crisis" is the best excuse yet for doing some more training 😆

Give a shout if we can help at all. Good luck with it!

Cheers Rich

P.S. by the way, what subject are you tackling next?

Well done Scott. A similar story myself, although have been flying PPL since 95... Now studying for the CPL and 6 to go too!
Good luck!

Thanks Richard,

Started Met tonight. Will let you know when I get stuck.

Regards

Scott

And to you too Bungee - let me know what order your looking to tackle them.

Gidday Scott

Great to have you on board mate! It can be a steep climb doing the CPL theory by home study while at the same time coping with the demands of business and every day life. My mid-life crisis has continued unabated for the last thirty years! Sure beats working for a living though...

All the best with your aviation adventure. You can be sure of a constant stream of encouragement and assistance from us.

Have fun.

Appreciate it Bob - have a great weekend!

[quote="sdowd" post=1493]And to you too Bungee - let me know what order your looking to tackle them.

I started with Human Factors, I was told this was one of the easier topics and would be a good way to get me into the swing of things... I have bought the General Knowledge study guide and plan on booking for the exam in the 2nd week August. I am not sure what I am going to do after that, but will be away for the 2nd half August so my 3rd subject I will tackle in September.

Hi Scott, and welcome. There are plenty of us who have denied ourselves the joy of the takeoff (and landing) during the 'middle years'. I too had not flown for about twenty years and my darling also said similar words to me - JDI (Just Do It); and I did.

Studying my CPL and have now completed IREX, CPL Law, Aero, Performance. Like you I am now studying Met, then will go on to Nav, HPF, GK.

Thoroughly enjoying the challenge and the fact that I can access Bob and the team via this forum makes the home study so much easier. To be able to share and ask questions is quite gratifying - especially when you get the quality responses from Richard and Bob - they are a certainly the 'best in the business' when it comes to learning this heavy duty curriculum.

I fly out of Bairnsdale in Eastern Victoria so we have all the weather and more that is referred to in Bob's Met book. Hope to knock this one over in the not too distant....

Look forward to seeing your posts as you progress.

Hi Scott

You have the same issue as me. Too much work and not enough time to play. I have Gen knowledge and as at today, nav under my belt. Thought I would do human performance next. Have to agree when you expect to only get two wrong and you get 4 wrong it is somewhat annoying. Anyway, 90% is pretty good albeit the knowledge deficiency report by it's very name doesn't claim to pat you on the back:)

Good luck with the next one

Richard

Thanks Richard,

Well done on the Nav exam. How did you find it?

Regards

Scott

Yeah having done Irex pretty easy. A couple of traps but if you read the book and do the examples, no probs.

Cheers

Way to go Scott,

Us oldies have to stick together. I started having a midlife crisis when I left high school, and I've been having them ever since, so I can relate.

When you mentioned the wife grabbing me by my ears and yelling 'for christ sake stop talking about it and just do it!' was she really talking about flying, you know you could have got the wrong end of the stick?

Bob's courses are great, and a really enjoyable learning path. Catching the train into town is a great way to study some more depending on what city you are in.

I do it instead of driving just to get the extra hours in. People look at you wierd like you're a freak or something when you pull a E6B flight computer out on a train, with a look like "put that thing away man - it looks dangerous" but alas its all entertaining as you try to recall whether the density altitude applies to your head or the aircraft.

I'm doing my CPL too now, 3 down, 4 to go (cant wait to tip the scales with Nav). Just keep chipping away at it. I have my moments, and then get hammering again, trying to balance business with family, with flying and what a balancing act it all is.

Just make sure you take the couple of weekends off before the exam and hammer when you are ready.

Good luck, and Grob speed 🙂

Hahah.. Grob speed 😀