wils Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 about this time last year i was scheduled to take a commercial test, due to some medical issues, i had to quit flying. i have been given the ok by the doctor to return. however being out for almost a year now is makin me really nervous to back and start up again. any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodoz Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 It comes back. Your instructor will understand. It's been over a year since I flew an R22, and I'm hoping that the first 5-10 hrs back I can use to unlearn some of the bad habits that I was taught during primary training. The times that I have flown since finishing my CFI (all in a 269/300), I found that I wasn't as overwhelmed as I thought I would be, and all the basic skills were still there. Some things I had to relearn, everything else was ugly but still there. Keep us updated on how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADRidge Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I took a 7 month break a while back, right after I got my commercial rating. My first day back was about as sloppy as when I was a student pilot taking my first cross-country solo. My second day was about 75% better. It took about 10 hours of flight time, all told, to get back to where I was. You'll get there. Just try and break off the rust as fast as possible and then get back into the ground study. My commercial check ride was a blast, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r22butters Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I'm on an exceedingly long 'can't find a job' break. I figure that if I ever do get an interview that leads to a flight check, I will have to spend at least 5 hours with an instructor to prepare. I have started saving, just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELICOLT Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I hearya butters... thats kind of what I have had planned also.. this lil can't find a job break has to turn around sometime lol goodluck to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyNHighNFast Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 The rust will go away. I took some time off (8 months) from flying, due to my work schedule. Talk about feeling like a new student again! One thing that really helped, was covering the airspeed indicator, the ship I flew did not have an artificial horizon, but I was flying airspeed, instead of attitude, with the airspeed covered up, my sight picture was back after a couple of patterns, as well as being able to "feel" what the ship was doing. Next time I take a break, I'm also going to stay away from MS Flight Simulator, it spoils you for eyes out the cockpit flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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