
I am a life long wanna be pilot. Never the money when I had time and never the time when money was available... until now. Life is getting too short and I am just going to go for it. CPL is not really on the table (I am 52) so a career change at this point is not realistic.
When I was a kid I always wanted to be a Bush Pilot so I figure a float rating would allow for this aspect of my dream to be fulfilled.
I have had sporadic training over the years totaling about 25 hrs (20 of them in a taildragger - which was also what my first solo was in).
Question: Is a RPP enough to then move to a float rating or am I better to get my PPL and then do the float? Perhaps a stupid question because more experience/knowledge/time is usually always better but in this case is it? Would there be crucial knowledge that I could be missing out on that would make getting the float rating harder if I only stayed with the RPP?
Thanks for taking the time!