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Returning to flight

the shortcut resolves back to the goal

no, the goal is PPL, so, I mean, can we alter this plan for me targeting a PPL?

evidence
ARC-2026-015 · 6546316e-a12e-4ad2-aa45-244e7dd00a53

showing up is not studying

the problem is my proficiency, and I have not been putting the time in to study at all. I've just been kind of booking it and hoping that the money that I'm spending locks me in.

The same message is confident about flying and candid about landings, situational awareness, recent experience, and the written work not yet done. Those contradictions can stay together.

evidence
ARC-2026-016 · a69abb17-bd8d-4864-b6c0-b2607b2a33c8

Earlier fragment: “I know how to fly a damn plane.” The longer note supplies the missing condition: confidence is not the same as recent proficiency.