Instrument fixation
I've got a basic PPL student who just won't stop looking at the instruments. Any ideas how to stop it - I've tried what I can think of.
After seven hours of flying he's not responded to constant nudges, and covering up the instruments with a bit of paper. The result is, not surprisingly, that his general flying hasn't developed any feel, it's sloppy, and he's much further behind what's going than he ought to be.
At the moment, following a nudge, the guy will look out of a side window, then the other side window, and then go back to the instruments again. Occasionally he remembers to look outside himself, but as soon as the workload goes up even slightly he's solidly flying by instruments again - badly.
I've had the odd student who's needed persuasion to look outside if they've got too used to playing flight simulator - but nothing this persistent.
Anyone else come accross this? How did you resolve it?