alister
please don't interpret my thoughts as being too dogmatic...I am simply being direct, but I also insist that the student be put first in the unique world of learning to fly...and the safety of the student even before the learning.
of course some of your fellow jaa posters are just fine...but I gain a sense of expediting rather than teaching.
oh, by the way...the most difficult students I've had were from NASA AMES research center...aeronautical engineers can be tough...they think too much! ;-)