What worth it is.
Aren't you making him responsible at all?
What do you tell him when he's not scanning height/attitude?
Have you explained to him that he shall be wasting his time if he doesn't start scanning. Has he not had a proper briefing and has he not done his homework before the briefing? (that's probably the case, ask them in a pre brief how do hold height etc, if they can't answer well enough then they haven't done it)
If I had an elderly gentleman (of which I have 4) which displays that sort of attention then I'd debrief about their bad points and good points of which there does seem to be one.
You don't have to make him look horrible in order to get the point across.
Example: John isn't scanning, loses 400 feet. Don't mention it to him until it's dangerous. If nearly hitting something doesn't help....
"We lost of lot of height there, any idea why?"
"I was looking at the house on the side blah blah"
"Did you look at the altimeter during your scan out the window?"
L.A.I. or you die.
Before you chuck him to the CFI I would have a talk with the CFI and hear what he thinks.
Another option would be to let someone else take him on.
Please be reminded that each individual needs a very different approach in order to teach at all.
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