100 hours as a student pilot
Hey guys i need honest advice
I’m an international student in Florida and I’m at exactly 100 hours rn
The thing is i finished all my PPL requirements around 65 hours. Everything after that has just been because of towered airports — I still haven’t finished that part yet even though my instructor says my flying is good.
My problem is the radio with tower. Non-towered is totally fine, but once I talk to tower I get nervous, start overthinking, and feel like I’m gonna mess up if they say something I’m not expecting.
Also, the nearest towered airport is about a 28 minute flight one way, so a big part of each flight is just going there and back, not actual pattern work.
On top of that, I’ve had a lot of gaps between flights, sometimes pretty long ones, which I feel like is slowing my progress and making me repeat things.
It’s starting to make me question everything and I’ve even thought about quitting. I just feel stuck mentally.