Music, and MEI

Just real quickly. I like my music loud. . .yes, loud. Not outrageously loud, but I can't stand people who listen to good music (personal opinion) on a very very low setting. Now, if it is for the sake of carrying on a conversation - that's fine. But when it's a mutual understanding act, listening to music together with another person, and that person BARELY has the volume up. . .it really sucks the lifeblood and enjoyment that is music.

In other news. . .

Finally got back into the twin today. Thank goodness. From the right seat much less. All maneuvers looked great, with one exception. The right hand steep turn. Lost a good bit of altitude (200ft) initially, and eventually got it all stabilized again. But, that's the one thing specifically that needs some work.

Flying again tomorrow morning from the right seat, and that should be it. One more flight perhaps before the actual check ride, but we can't find a reason for me to waste money, and time burning through another 10 hours of multi time, lol.

In other news. . .version 2.

I don't have hard numbers, but I got my last check in from the VA finally for my flight training. Here are some rough numbers.

Total cost thus far, for Instrument rating, Commercial Single and Multi: $33500.

I received a $3691.31 check about three weeks ago for my Instrument rating. This morning, I received 4 direct deposits, totaling $14941.62. So, total funds out of my GI Bill account = $18632.93.

For my flight training, I took out a $20,000 loan through SLM. This $20k got me through my instrument rating, a multi engine addon to my private license, a good chunk of ME time for my Commercial Multi. After that, I was planning on floating the funds from the VA to cover the rest of my training. Well, I eventually found out that my flight school didn't send in my monthly enrollement verification sheets at the end of the month. I found this out, about 2 weeks before I should have received my first VA check. Well, guess what happened. . .no money for me to continue to fly. After bringing this to the attention of the flight school owner, we worked out a deal. Essentially I flew on credit at the school until my VA money came in. I ended up racking up a $13k bill.

In the end, it all worked out. Leaving me with $5k to finish my MEI, CFI single, and II if I wanted to. What will most likely happen though is, my MEI initial (maybe a grand), CFI single (maybe a few hundred bucks), and I'm not going to get my II right now. So, leaving $3k left to put towards my $20k loan.

It all worked out indeed. Worked out just great. If I can just now get a darn MEI checkride. Waiting for the FAA to call us back and let me know when they can come down. Til next time. . .keep the blue side up, and the brown side down.