Jonas wrote:
How do you guys maintain your instrument proficiency? (especially for low timers)
After getting my IR and before getting an opportunity to get paid for (ir)regular flying -which was a period of about one year – I hired a plane with a buddy from the flying school every second Saturday. We would do a short flight to a nearby airfield with instrument procedures, maybe one hour flying time for the round trip, and each of us would fly one leg. So we got four full instrument flights (SID, approach, sometimes a missed approach) per month among us, all year round in every weather, whilst paying only for one flying hour per month each. Worked out well and it is a lot more hand flying experience that I got ever since… (now it is, as per SOP: autopilot on as soon as possible, latest when passing FL100 and autopilot off as late as possible, latest 170ft AGL because Honeywell want’s it that way).
