Originally Posted by
RichardJones
Interesting posts.
They help illustrate the difference between military and civilian flying training. The military avoided me, with ease When one leaves school at 15 with nothing hardly surprising.
The moron who did all the yelling, would be drummed out of a civilian flying school so fast, their head would spin.
Why? Because no person of sound mind, would want to fly with him. That type of individual is not an instructor. A destroyer would be a better description.
Personally I would have told them to "stick it... "
There is a lot of psychology involved in instructing, CRM and Captaincy. You won't get the best performance out of anyone behaving like that. You wont get much respect either.
Best is the silent method. Demonstrate, too others the way you would like it done and how to do it. Aim to make the demonstration, awe inspiring! For the right reasons.
Actions speak louder than words.
Baring in mind, "it's a poor student, that cant better the instuctor" at a later stage.
Have you ever noticed that airline simulator instructors rarely if ever demonstrate a sequence? For example some students may have trouble with the engine failure after V1 in the 737. They either over control using aileron to keep the aircraft wings level instead of using the correct amount of rudder. All the while the instructor is talking or haranguing the student rather than simply freezing the simulator when it is obvious the student is at the end of his tether.
Far better for the simulator instructor to physically demonstrate the manoeuvre first and then hand over to the student to have a go. The usual excuse for not demonstrating a tricky sequence is that it cuts into the students time or that simulator time costs money. If it is good enough for instructors on light training types to first demonstrate a sequence (steep turns or landiings for example) then hand over to the student, then the same principle of instruction should apply to the more difficult exercises in a simulator. My bet is that the most of the time the instructor himself is not confident of successfully demonstrating a sequence which is why it rarely occurs.