Im Too Busy

But even if flying remains a joy, we dont fly enough, do we? Id like to log a few hours every week. Nearly all of my flying is purposeful; I travel by my own airplane because I have places to go. I log around 100 to 120 hours a year now, but it comes in bunches separated by breaks of a month or two where I never just go flying, and dont even visit the hangar … because Im too busy.

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Monday, October 28, 2019 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Many pilots, despite their passion for aviation, struggle to fly as often as they'd like or planned due to the overwhelming demands of modern life.
Regular flying offers significant benefits: it's refreshing for the pilot, maintains the aircraft's condition, and is crucial for proficiency, forming a "triple win."
The author suggests that simply resolving to fly more is ineffective; instead, intentionally prioritizing flight in daily schedules might be the key to overcoming the "too busy" hurdle.

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Modern life, it seems, is saturated with … everything. I tend to be one of those people who is deadline driven anyway, so most everything I do seems to get done right at the last minute—or not quite.

Pilots by and large are Type A personalities. We pretty much have to be so that we can take charge of our destiny in flight and not become a victim of what the universe throws at us. We Type A folks tend to take on too much, do it perhaps obsessively, and then move on to the next challenge. Repeat.