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Cows getting bigger
It may be academic but it is important to understand what is going on. I spend my life flying with pilots who set a power and an attitude and then seem to take another five minutes fiddling with throttle and trim because they haven't previously thought about what is happening. When they finally reach some form of stable state they then realise they are not at the altitude they want. So we then get the pitch up/down scenario together with associated airspeed change and the whol cycle starts over.
Who do I blame? Instructors wh will sign-off an Ex 6-8 in less time than it has taken to pen this message.
I feel your pain
The longer I instructed the more time I spent on the foundation exercises. I was looking at my instructor records the other day. The trend is a longer time to solo but a shorter time to the PPL flight test and IMHO a lot better product at the end because of the time and effort I spent on getting the basics right at the beginning.
