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Hello all,
I would like to give my thoughts as "the wife of the pilot with four kids". I too wasn't thrilled when my husband announced his desire to fly. I put him off for years but realized he wasn't getting any younger and he 'really' wanted to fly. However, we didn't just jump into it...we financially planned, estimating the costs of training and then rental and practice. We also considered the time involved away from home. Once all this was laid on the table and ironed-out he went for it. Instead of sitting at home during training, we took the whole family out to the airport; bringing sack lunches, involving me and the kids with everything going on. We now own a four- place plane, taking turns flying with him and enjoying a new aspect of our lives. For us there had to be involvement of the whole group or it wasn't going to work. Our youngest was four during all this. I don't know if I could have handled the time and expense involved when our kids were in the baby stage. It takes a lot of energy and involvement of time when babies comes into the picture...and it takes energy and involvement with flying as well. Make sure you can juggle both at the same time or what could be some of the greatest memories for your kids' and you and wife's lives, could turn out to be sour grapes. It could be that you could wait just a few more years and have the best time of your life, and your kids too because they will be old enough to be a part of the whole process. Just my thoughts...good luck.
Debbie McGehee
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