That's not to mention that there is a financial barrier to accumulating so many hours. Totally agree that the PCSM weighting system is bad. I got a shorter end of the stick in regards to Navy GPA policy though - they count every grade you've had, even if you flunked 6 months of college 10 years ago. Took my 3.6 down to a 3.3.PCSM is the metric used for selecting pilots... Terrible pilots who take 120 hours to acquire a PPL shouldn't have a numerical PCSM advantage over great pilots that receive their PPL in 40 hours. See the problem and discrepancy?
If I had the money, I would just rack up the hours at my local air field then take 3 months off to study prior to the AFOQT.