Originally Posted by
Okihara
WedgeAntilles How did those "repeats" come about? Have you ever challenged your instructor when they requested that you redo a lesson?
Regarding long navs, I've often met Soar students refuelling at Warrnambool (
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But the cherry on top was hearing one Soar kid trying to cancel his SARTIME on centre. When the controller asked him how far from MB he was, he replied: 50 miles
At the time, I didn’t know any better and went with their so called ‘professional’ guidance. As time has gone on, I’ve become more empowered not to put up with poor instructing and overly long navigation exercises. It’s hard when you start out as you’re supposed to be guided properly through the maze of flight instruction. Instead you end up being taken advantage of.
Before you know it, your census date is passed, and the next tranche of funding has been accessed without the expected progress being attained. This is how $100k gets swallowed so easily.
knowing what I know now makes me quite angry how everything was run.