Hi all, After reading the tread on a fella here getting his PPL I have a ? I got my PPL in 1991 and I had 48 hrs., My new girl friend just got her's and she had 150 hrs. dang that is a lot of hours to train. She told me that the FAA guy that gave her the checkride told her there looking for 100 or so hrs. I can't figure out what the heck they do for 100+ hrs. of training and why they want so much. Now I have to admit I took her flying and told her to fly 3750 MSL,[where it was] and she went to 4000 and did a fine job holding it,but I said 3750 and told her why. So I'm thinking she either is programed for even thousands and thousands + 500 or she doesn't listen well, or maybe that's why it took her 150 hrs. to test. I told her the reason I fly thousands + 250 or 750 when 3000 AGL or below is because everybody is at thousands even or + 500 and if you fly between at 250/750 you are giving yourself a safety margine between the masses. The good part is I now have a building partner and if she turns out to be a keeper I'm gona be a real happy camper. Anyways back to the original ? What are you newer pilots putting in for hrs before testing, if it ain't 100/150 hrs.I'm gona have to keep a close eye on her when I let her fly. Gene