I thought one of the qualities airlines look for from their prospective pilots is the ability to work with all sorts. If you can’t do this, then perhaps you better find another career.
Having been forced to change flight instructors during my IMC rating due to vaguely similar circumstances, whilst at the time I remember being somewhat perturbed, in hindsight it proved to be beneficial.
My first Instructor was full of enthusiasm, explained concepts in layman’s terms wonderfully and instilled some much needed self confidence, but wasn’t so hot on teaching procedural stuff. The second was a rather dry character and would nit-pick to the extreme lengths, but I believe over all, experiencing two Instructors foibles enhanced my training no end.
Despite all the standardisation in the world, Instructor ‘A’ will always emphasize slightly different points than Instructor ‘B’ – gives one the opportunity to assimilate the best of both.
Last edited by Gin Slinger; 14th June 2002 at 21:44.