First Instructing Job Horror Stories! (dedicated to WWW)
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First Instructing Job Horror Stories! (dedicated to WWW)
Poor ol' WWW is having a bad time with his job...any other horror stories out there to share with us all and make him feel better?
My first instructing job we had to do an 80 hour week. No days off, no holidays, no pay unless you flew; and it was a very foggy place! As there was no accomodation at that location, I was told that I would have to live in a tent. Other instructors were expected to share hotel rooms with their students. We had to do briefings in the airport departues lounge. In the six weeks I was there, two CFIs came and went. The aircraft? Don't ask! Average weekly earnings, about 20 quid.
So c'mon all, lets hear some stories, without naming any names!
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My first instructing job we had to do an 80 hour week. No days off, no holidays, no pay unless you flew; and it was a very foggy place! As there was no accomodation at that location, I was told that I would have to live in a tent. Other instructors were expected to share hotel rooms with their students. We had to do briefings in the airport departues lounge. In the six weeks I was there, two CFIs came and went. The aircraft? Don't ask! Average weekly earnings, about 20 quid.
So c'mon all, lets hear some stories, without naming any names!
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The owner/MD of the company & CP of the charter side (with a junior Grade 3 instructor rating) telling me (his CFI) that he knows better when a student is ready for 1st solo than I do.
The guy was a shonk and closed up shop a few years ago. Good riddance.
Oh! And forgot to say, that's without ever flying with the student!
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Don't mess with the red switches.
[This message has been edited by Tinstaafl (edited 23 August 1999).]
The guy was a shonk and closed up shop a few years ago. Good riddance.
Oh! And forgot to say, that's without ever flying with the student!
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Don't mess with the red switches.
[This message has been edited by Tinstaafl (edited 23 August 1999).]
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Absolute TOSSER of a Chief Instructor with RPT background. He wanted 15 minute turn around between flights.
The preflight brief was to be done on the way out to the aircraft and the debrief was to consist of telling the student what mistakes thay had made (no positive reinforcement) on the way back to Ops Room to collect next student.
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The preflight brief was to be done on the way out to the aircraft and the debrief was to consist of telling the student what mistakes thay had made (no positive reinforcement) on the way back to Ops Room to collect next student.
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How about the CFI/MD who canned me at the end of the Flying Scholarship season, with 3 days notice, then told an incoming BCPL student to call my landlady for digs, as my room would be available!
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WWW is this what your looking for ?
http://www.srg.caa.co.uk/documents/FCL_OutputDetail.htm
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Push forward - Pigs get bigger
Pull back - Pigs get smaller
Pull back some more - Pigs get bigger again
http://www.srg.caa.co.uk/documents/FCL_OutputDetail.htm
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Push forward - Pigs get bigger
Pull back - Pigs get smaller
Pull back some more - Pigs get bigger again
