Funfly, I was careful to point out at the beginning that this was NOT a flaming of the student (or even his FI - could that possibly be Baboon?)Trying to strike a delicate balance between obtaining constructive comment (a phrase Baboon doesn't appear to understand) and criticising the lad is difficult to say the least. It came about because several of us thought it was an elaborate wind-up and treated it accordingly to start off with. Once we knew he was a genuine student and more and more errors became evident this then became concern about what he seemed to have been taught, or not taught. I made a couple of erroneous assumptions - which I admitted to and you can see in the thread. I have also said that, after what BEagle mentioned about having to overcome great difficulties, he has done very well indeed. I think the multiple postings may be because he is so thrilled about what he has achieved and wants everyone to know. His poor command of the English language made me wonder if he had learning problems - who knows? Whatever the problem he has done well to overcome it and get this far. More power to his elbow.
Esperanza
Possible answers are part-timers who are just playing at being instructors, hour builders who really don't want to be instructing, or disheartened instructors who are being paid very little for their services...?
A couple of years back I was in Australia having a meal with several other PPRuNers, amongst them several FIs, when one of the topics of conversation was exactly that - the number of hour builders who really have little or no interest in teaching and see students merely as a means to their own ends. I was very fortunate to have been taught, for most of my PPL, by an excellent young FI who has since been snapped up by an airline. His enthusiasm for flying was infectious and he really enjoyed teaching. There
are good hour building FIs out there.