NorCal Flight Time Builders

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Looking to Ferry your next flight.

My name is Adriel Palaia.
I am a pilot, CFI/I, ME,CPL entrepreneur and a father of two.

For the past few years I have been working on become a professional pilot, while expanding my horizons doing what I love to do.
Currently, I’m looking to provide value in ferry flights and relocating aircrafts across the United States,
coast to coast and anything in between. (Single and multi engine aircraft under 12,500lb)

While service and efficiency is my goal, safety comes above all. In order to ensure every mission is completed in a timely manner, at minimal cost to you and a smooth experience for all parties involved.

I keep our cost low with virtually no over head, in order to provide a competitive edge. While maintaining a high standard of professionalism. As this is the beginning of my ferry flight business.

At this point in time I have a group of four professional pilots with coast to coast experience seasoned who are readily available for immediate contracts.

Please feel free to email meet with any questions
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Immediate availability to ferry your plane. Experienced CFII. Daily flat rate $200-$300 (most GA aircraft) plus expenses. 🛬🛫

hello to all. i finally got around to making my official FB Group to coincide with this page . So please don't forget to join that group and support the flying community
it carries the same name. NorCal flight time builder.(group)
Thank you for your support

Gonna be flying on the 18th and 20th out of KAUN in a C172 if anyone is interested in joining and practicing under the hood.

Looking for a CFII in the Sacramento area. Please message me

A quick look at the requirement for IFR certification,if you have any recommendations to avoid unnecessary/excessive CFI time and/or fulfill multiple of the requirements simultaneous (i.e. taking long XC flights with CFI at a time)
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It seems like I you need a CFI to comply with these requirements just below, but that’s not the case. You don’t need a CFI throughout all these hours. You could use someone with at least a PPL to act as a safety pilot, for a majority of the time as listed below :

1. At least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command. At least 10 of these hours must be in airplanes for an instrument-airplane rating.
2. A total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time on the areas of operation listed in 61.65(c).
3. At least 15 hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in the aircraft category for the instrument rating sought.

Here are some ideas.

Read the instrument flying handbook, and take the written ahead of time if possible. Do 20 or 25 hours of XC under the hood with a safety pilot and split costs. Use the flight simulator as much as you can, if available. Have the money set aside ahead of time to prevent delays.
By: alpineracer (reddit)

Okay so lemme just make sure a couple things are straight. 2 & 3 can overlap. Your 15 with a CFII counts towards the 40 hours instrument time. The other 25 hours can be with a safety pilot (yes they have to be at least a PPL). There's an IFR XC requirement in the training requirements that will knock out 3-ish hours of that 15 hours dual, as well. If you have all 50 hours of XC PIC then you can ignore some of this, but I'll put it down there anyway. Keep in mind this PIC time doesn't have to be instrument and is a prerequisite for the checkride, not "training."
The rest of the XC time PIC can be on your own. I've always found that pairing that time with instrument training to be kind of pointless. You spend an hour doing straight and level, then an approach (if you're at that point), then straight and level home. It'll get you 2 hours towards your 40, but it really isn't quality training, practice, or experience.
I advocate doing your required XC time on your own, having fun, getting more comfortable with the plane, ATC system, and checklists. This will make the instrument training much easier. I've jumped right into instrument training with wet PPLs - I did it myself - and it generally sucks. Also, and you've probably seen these posts here, instrument training can be frustrating and not really why we all like to fly. Taking some fun flights during your training can help break up the training and keep you motivated.
Now to answer your question. I would do a few hours with your instructor to learn a concept (basic attitude instrument flying, for example), then go practice with a safety pilot to proficiency. Then go back to your instructor, do something new (VOR tracking), then back to your safety pilot. It's entirely possible to cover all the elements of instrument flying in the 15 hours, and then get proficient with a safety pilot.
Here's the thing to be careful of. Watch out you don't build bad habits while flying with the safety pilot. I know people seem to always think that CFIs just want to milk students dry, blah blah more flight time with them no safety pilot blah blah, but really we just want to avoid having to clean up bad flying. It costs more in the long run and is monumentally frustrating for all parties involved.
My final note: The "cheapest" training is training done right. Take your time, master the skills, and pay a good CFI to give you good training. It might look like more dollars spent, but you never know when it could save you a f**kton of money down the road. Like dying, that's not cheap.
By Grumpycfi (Reddit)