I’d like to think that having flown with this individual, I did go on to become a rather more understanding and empathetic instructor. Others might disagree but I never called any of my students “You little $¥it”, or thumped them on the upper arm.
I can empathise - my instructor used to thump my helmet! However, the primary driver to improve was a sense of not wanting to disappoint him, and that was what generated the real progress. We were best friends for years until his sad, premature, death. Well, given his lifestyle, some might say he had a good innings!
he was definitely not a creamie though - Halton apprentice, Cpl, Commissioned, Vulcans, C130s