Well it shouldnt take you that long to plan a x-country, also why are you writing every freq for every airport down when they are on the chart that should be on your lap?
Now as for the text a midnight, that is slop on your CFIs part, I'd have a little come to jesus with him on that one, if he cant give you your assignments during normal business hours (as you are a paying customer) then perhaps you should talk to the manager about the other more professional schools you could be spending your parents money at.
You need to step it up a little on how you plan a x-country, whats important and what not, all the FBO stuff, cool but not needed, copying freqs from charts you will carry not needed, good check points (not just a arbitrary number of them ether) are needed, accurate times and fuel burns, being able to make a quick recalc for headwind and fuel for updated headwind ETA, etc
I'd also say your instructor needs to work on being more professional.
Last edited by ninethreekilo; 12th Sep 2013 at 06:22.