Those that can do, those that can't teach.
Those that can do, those that can't teach, that's the saying. Except in the world of aviation that is. I think that teaching is a skill and as a PPL student it would appear not all FI have the enthusiasm to teach. I know that the FI(A)R course consists of 125 hours of ground school and 30 hours of flying training to get the pilot up to the level to teach but when you get into the kite with a guy who is there to hours build hours and is not interested it can be soul destroying and expensive.
In aviation, there must be a better way to build hours and still make some money....
Don't get me wrong, some instructors I have had have been 1st class and I could not ask for better instruction, others well if I could have I would have landed solo!
Anybody else had a rotter of instructor?