Don't you get bored telling people to do the same thing and not actually touching the controls? Why do most little instructors have mustaches? Don't you feel guilty filling in your logbook when somebody else is actually flying the aircraft? That enough questions or do you want more?
obviously you have never instructed to say things like that.. or dont it for the love of it and a desire to create a excellent pilot.
sure some, if not most of the time your not on the stick, but you are always out the window, watching the student while keeping up situational awareness, especially in a busy training area surrounded by CTA, trying to best teach the student in some not so smooth weather so as to keep their confidence up, every student is different, and learns differently, and 5 lessons per day, including brief and debrief, fuelling aircraft, can be quite draining and results in less than ideal personal performance while instructing towards the end of a long hot summers day, especially with a low hr, pre solo student, then add 35deg days, up at 5 am, then closing hangar doors at 7 pm. during summer months, then yes, fatigue becomes a serious issue.
as for the survey, Instructing doesnt have Sectors per say, but for every 1 hr in the air you are still working another 1.5 to 2 or more hrs. so, 5 students for the day, each requiring 2 hrs attention, no breaks, throw in general admin duties, and by home time, you are buggered.
but then again, poor quality instructing doesnt seam to be a safety issue in todays airline environment..
but most likely your post was tongue in cheek, and im tired after and long day, and not thinking rationally. and probably took your post seriously when i really shouldn't have,
but still valid points i feel that are relevant to the aims of the survey. which would have been great in a general comments section of the survey.
