Oh esteemed learned colleagues,
I have been instructing now for, um, *thinks* nearly three years and in some ways I am fortunate in that 99% of my students are recreational only.
The problem with that is that I get a lot of "dreamers" in with the "doers" and I can never bring them up to scratch enough to pass the flight tests.
In a commercial school this is not such a problem - there is external motivation there for Commercial Students. For PPLs however the motivation really has to come from inside.
What is it with the namby-pamby snotty-nosed bleeding heart PC "liberals" today? If I say to a student that I want them to fly a straight line on downwind its almost as if I am infringing their civil rights!
Hoping that a Stude will put one hand on the throttle seems almost too much to expect - "I feel more comfortable with two hands on the control column" seems to be a legitimate reason for basically (as I see it) being negligent on take-off.
(of course, leaving your hand off the throttle is reason enough for an EFATO around here!!!
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Phew.. thats better...
My question is this: What tricks are there to help a Student place more emphasis on their own flying standards? How do I manipulate the students motivation - and should I?