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.

Editorial Staff

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

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Key Takeaways:

Even passionate, Type A pilots struggle to fly frequently due to the overwhelming busyness of modern life.
Flying offers a "triple win" for pilots: personal enjoyment, better aircraft health, and increased proficiency.
The author suggests that overcoming the "too busy" excuse requires a conscious effort to prioritize flying on daily to-do lists, as mere resolutions prove ineffective.

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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.