And that's three years of living in hell, and going up flying...

[willworker]

So my experience with ACES Aviation was really the best in Pittsburgh. Faithful readers (hey, a guy can dream, can't he?) would probably note that I'd gotten some lessons with the Pittsburgh Flight Training Center at Allegheny County Airport and was less than floored by the experience. As such, I started looking around at other places, and the

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[canis_ridens]

What kind of endorsements would a person need to fly a plane capable of hauling two people, two dogs big enough to need their own seats, some suitcases, and possibly a cat carrier?

[willworker]

Well, Sport Pilot doesn't cut it (just two seats), so it'd have to be Private. Beyond that, you could probably carry all that (depending on weight and range you wanted to go) in a Cessna 172, which requires no special endorsements. All the endorsements are pretty much for "fancier plane."
High Performance: (>200 HP engine) faster, heavier loads.
Complex: faster (more aerodynamic).
Multi Engine: (rating, technically) faster (?), heavier loads, lower complete-engine-failure rate
Taildragger: older style landing gear
Pressurized cabin: for high-level flight
Instrument: can fly through crappier weather

Steve