A day in the life of an instructor.....
Got up late, as quiet day. Only one student coming in this afternoon. Been very quiet all week; is everyone away for bank holiday week or what? Checked TAFs, wx looks awful, not flyable, but maybe hoverable. Messed around doing household chores etc. Phoned airfield, wx still awful but should be OK. Drove for an hour to airfield. Met another instructor who said it's horrible out there, constant drizzle which sticks to windscreen so you can hardly see, and getting worse. Checked out R22, and by the time I'd finished, could see what he meant. Student phones, I tell him it's not nice, but maybe hovering in drizzle and poor vis and gusty winds would be good experience, so it's up to him. He asks me what I think someone of his experience should do! We decide he'll come in and we'll give it a try. I sort out paperwork etc, then he phones and says he's not coming after all. Chat, drink coffee, waste time, do what instructors do at an airfield when they're not flying. Drive home feeling totally pissed off.
Frustration - huge
Earnings - nil
And I wouldn't be surprised if I did the same thing tomorrow.
