WannabeActual
Member
Long-time lurker, first time poster,
I'm aware that this question has been asked before, but I've heard a lot of conflicting advice about whether or not to get a PPL before primary, and saw very little in-depth discussion in the previous posts about this. I'm fortunate enough to have earned a full-ride scholarship to my current school, on top of my NROTC scholarship, which will almost completely cover the cost for me to get a PPL and an instrument rating, however I am very leery of developing bad habits prior to primary. I've heard a lot of horror stories about guys with lots of flight hours being kicked out of primary for habits they couldn't unlearn. Is it better to develop basic stick and rudder skills, and a solid scan(hopefully) before you go to Primary, or would that time be better spent focusing on getting a 4.0 GPA and maxing out the PRT? If I do start working on my PPL, are there any things I should focus on doing to set myself up for an easy transition to Navy-style flying?
For further reference, the first responses to this reddit post
(https://www.reddit.com/r/navy/comments/3cmluv/i_want_to_become_a_navy_pilot_advice/)
do a good job of summing up the two different types of advice I've received on this.
Thanks in advance for your patience,
WannabeActual
I'm aware that this question has been asked before, but I've heard a lot of conflicting advice about whether or not to get a PPL before primary, and saw very little in-depth discussion in the previous posts about this. I'm fortunate enough to have earned a full-ride scholarship to my current school, on top of my NROTC scholarship, which will almost completely cover the cost for me to get a PPL and an instrument rating, however I am very leery of developing bad habits prior to primary. I've heard a lot of horror stories about guys with lots of flight hours being kicked out of primary for habits they couldn't unlearn. Is it better to develop basic stick and rudder skills, and a solid scan(hopefully) before you go to Primary, or would that time be better spent focusing on getting a 4.0 GPA and maxing out the PRT? If I do start working on my PPL, are there any things I should focus on doing to set myself up for an easy transition to Navy-style flying?
For further reference, the first responses to this reddit post
(https://www.reddit.com/r/navy/comments/3cmluv/i_want_to_become_a_navy_pilot_advice/)
do a good job of summing up the two different types of advice I've received on this.
Thanks in advance for your patience,
WannabeActual