Lesson 21: Stage One Check

Fail :( The stage one check is an opportunity for a second opinion. A secondary flight instructor checks to see if a pilot is ready to practice maneuvers and flight solo. If they agree with the primary flight instructor then the student pilot passes the stage one check and continues practicing solo. I have practiced, I have done the homework, but there are no exceptions and there are no short cuts to becoming a pilot. You are either ready to fly solo or you are unsafe and need more instruction to be on your own. A close friend of mine, basically a brother to me, told me this today, "if it wasn't hard it wouldn't pay off". Learning how to fly requires dedication, skill, practice, determination, but most of all, an excellent flight instructor who knows when you are ready.