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When I started out I was somewhat fixated on that 40 hour mark, but after a while I realized it was almost irrelevant. With my student pilot certificate I noticed that I could go on cross countries by myself and that I could enjoy local flying whenever the conditions were favorable. The only thing I might have wanted to do but couldn't, was to take a passenger along. If you're expecting flying to be a lot different after you get a PP-ASEL ticket, something's amiss. Sure, with just a student ticket, you can't really take 1000 mile trips by yourself, but you probably shouldn't do that until you get 100-300 hours anyway. A private pilot has the same four worries that a student pilot does: weather, traffic, plane availability and costs. So remember, once you get about 25-35 hours under your belt and some reasonable sign-offs, you really are a pilot.
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