Comments on: How to find a high quality flight instructor ? http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/11/18/how-to-recognize-a-high-quality-flight-instructor/ General Aviation and Aviation In General Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:23:43 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Can aero-clubs safely operate high-performance aircraft ? | Plastic Pilot http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/11/18/how-to-recognize-a-high-quality-flight-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-12054 Can aero-clubs safely operate high-performance aircraft ? | Plastic Pilot Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:02:29 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=1003#comment-12054 [...] new student pilots, choosing an aero-club or Flight Training Organisation is just like choosing an instructor: at best it can be an educated guess, at worst it’s not more than a lottery. The choice is [...] [...] new student pilots, choosing an aero-club or Flight Training Organisation is just like choosing an instructor: at best it can be an educated guess, at worst it’s not more than a lottery. The choice is [...]

]]> By: PlasticPilot http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/11/18/how-to-recognize-a-high-quality-flight-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-11533 PlasticPilot Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:06:28 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=1003#comment-11533 Tartofraiz, I flew with 15 different instructors / examiners: 1: Primary instructor (Also practical part of IFR) 2: First examiner (restricted VFR license) 3: Second examiner (full VFR license) 4: IFR Simulator instructor 1 5: IFR Simulator instructor 2 6: IFR examiner 7: VFR instructor in new club for DA40 8: Instructor for G1000 simulator 9: Instructor for G1000 VFR 10: Instructor for G1000 IFR (also an examiner) The 5 others were safety pilots on pleasure / recurrent training flights. As you correctly mentionned, each had different focus, their favorite manoeuvers, and teaching style, and so on. It was a good learning experience to change, even if some were "bad picks", but I won't give any name here... Tartofraiz, I flew with 15 different instructors / examiners:

1: Primary instructor (Also practical part of IFR)
2: First examiner (restricted VFR license)
3: Second examiner (full VFR license)
4: IFR Simulator instructor 1
5: IFR Simulator instructor 2
6: IFR examiner
7: VFR instructor in new club for DA40
8: Instructor for G1000 simulator
9: Instructor for G1000 VFR
10: Instructor for G1000 IFR (also an examiner)

The 5 others were safety pilots on pleasure / recurrent training flights.

As you correctly mentionned, each had different focus, their favorite manoeuvers, and teaching style, and so on. It was a good learning experience to change, even if some were “bad picks”, but I won’t give any name here…

]]> By: Tartofraiz http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/11/18/how-to-recognize-a-high-quality-flight-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-11510 Tartofraiz Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:39 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=1003#comment-11510 I would like to add that it's really intersting to change instructor from time to time, even if you have found the right fit. I noticed that all instructors have a different way of teaching things and that they tend to emphasize on different topics. I do not change often, but when I do I always learn something new. I would like to add that it’s really intersting to change instructor from time to time, even if you have found the right fit. I noticed that all instructors have a different way of teaching things and that they tend to emphasize on different topics. I do not change often, but when I do I always learn something new.

]]> By: Adam Smith http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/11/18/how-to-recognize-a-high-quality-flight-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-11482 Adam Smith Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:00:49 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=1003#comment-11482 Picking your first instructor is like rolling the dice. Unless you get a reference from someone, or preferably several people, you have no idea what you are getting in to. I was very lucky with my primary instructor, I stayed with her from the intro flight all the way to the checkride but I have heard a lot of horror stories. Picking your first instructor is like rolling the dice. Unless you get a reference from someone, or preferably several people, you have no idea what you are getting in to. I was very lucky with my primary instructor, I stayed with her from the intro flight all the way to the checkride but I have heard a lot of horror stories.

]]> By: PlasticPilot http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/11/18/how-to-recognize-a-high-quality-flight-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-11464 PlasticPilot Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:09:24 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=1003#comment-11464 Adam, what you say is so correct... This is indeed how I found my first instructor. Once I became a member of the flying community, it was much easier to hear about other instructors, but picking the first one is always the hardest. Adam, what you say is so correct… This is indeed how I found my first instructor. Once I became a member of the flying community, it was much easier to hear about other instructors, but picking the first one is always the hardest.

]]> By: Adam Smith http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/11/18/how-to-recognize-a-high-quality-flight-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-11427 Adam Smith Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:26:02 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=1003#comment-11427 I think that it really comes down to word of mouth. I have flown with several instructors at several schools and I don't think that there is any good way of gauging what you are going to get with any particular instructor/school unless someone with firsthand experience gives you a heads up. I think that it really comes down to word of mouth. I have flown with several instructors at several schools and I don’t think that there is any good way of gauging what you are going to get with any particular instructor/school unless someone with firsthand experience gives you a heads up.

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