Feeling slow/behind

A pre-solo pilot student with 13 hours of training achieved an unassisted landing and shared the accomplishment on social media, only to receive critical comments from a peer also pursuing flight training. Despite managing full-time college enrollment and work while training, the pilot became discouraged by the comparison to the peer's claimed faster progress. The post sought validation that individual paces in flight training warrant different standards and should not be subject to direct peer comparison.

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