possible career change as a woman at age 34
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No problem
Everyone has to start somewhere and most will be far better than I was when i had that many hours. I can remember phoning my mother and saying, "This is so embarrasing, I am learning more than the students I am teaching"! And I was but students still started to prefer to fly with me not because I was any good, cause I wasnt but because I was keen and took an interest in them and tried really hard
Everyone has to start somewhere and most will be far better than I was when i had that many hours. I can remember phoning my mother and saying, "This is so embarrasing, I am learning more than the students I am teaching"! And I was but students still started to prefer to fly with me not because I was any good, cause I wasnt but because I was keen and took an interest in them and tried really hard
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Depends whom you do the FIC with. My instructor was pxxxed a lot of the time, wasnt interested and refused to fly with me on many occasions and told me once, " you will never make a flying instructor"!
A few months later he was sacked for sending a student on a 1 hour cross country an hour before it got dark and tbe student landed 3 hours 20 minutes later non radio at Manchester International Airport in tbe dark thinking it was Birmingham- he was 120 miles off the original track to Gloucester!
A few months later he was sacked for sending a student on a 1 hour cross country an hour before it got dark and tbe student landed 3 hours 20 minutes later non radio at Manchester International Airport in tbe dark thinking it was Birmingham- he was 120 miles off the original track to Gloucester!
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But getting back to your question, the new instructor isnt a qualified instructor he /she is a restricted instructor, not that means anything in some schools other than they can be paid less!
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Guys - did I read somewhere that a 34 year old woman wanted a career change?
Not to flying instructing I shouldn't think!?
Maybe she'll take up sailing and find some sensible answers there?
Not to flying instructing I shouldn't think!?
Maybe she'll take up sailing and find some sensible answers there?
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ATCWAG, as Genghis has suggested, do your PPL and then re-assess.
First, enjoy your training; it's FUN!!
Second, make sure you and your instructor are compatible. They are teaching you but YOU are paying them. If you have an instructor that you have trouble understanding what they are trying to convey to you then you are wasting money. (Gee I hope that makes sense) I was fortunate during all my training that I never had issues with any of the 10 or 12 instructors from my first flight to Instructor training. Do not hesitate to change instructors if you want to for any reason.
Third, learn ALL your checklists on the ground. This will save you from trying to learn them when your mind is working on absorbing "the lesson for today".
Forth, enjoy your training; it's FUN!!
First, enjoy your training; it's FUN!!
Second, make sure you and your instructor are compatible. They are teaching you but YOU are paying them. If you have an instructor that you have trouble understanding what they are trying to convey to you then you are wasting money. (Gee I hope that makes sense) I was fortunate during all my training that I never had issues with any of the 10 or 12 instructors from my first flight to Instructor training. Do not hesitate to change instructors if you want to for any reason.
Third, learn ALL your checklists on the ground. This will save you from trying to learn them when your mind is working on absorbing "the lesson for today".
Forth, enjoy your training; it's FUN!!
