Student Pilot needs advice
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The right instructor...
Early learning is very important. If you learn wrong, it will be hard to change later. You realy want to avoid that. And at least let this be a lesson to you. Never accept an instructor that is assigned to you. It's probably the one that is sitting around. Make it very plain that you want to speak with several instructors before you make a decision, just to be sure that you have a good raport. The right instructor can provide twice the value for your dollar (or yen, or rubel) as the wrong one. I can't advise you on how to do this gracefully, but just do it. More is at stake than you can imagine.
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I really appreciate everyone's input here. It is great to have an objective source of opinions on how to handle a situation like this. I didn't expect to have so much help and input. You guys are great. Thanks.
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Mmm ...
I'm not so sure I agree with the folowing ....
.... Never accept an instructor that is assigned to you. It's probably the one that is sitting around. .....
A generalisation I hope .... actually the instructor you need is the somewhat 'grizzelled' almost worn out 'silver back' lounging(relaxing?) around the coffee machine ... who has been around the block so many times he's probably lost count .... BUT who will talk to you around that coffee machine till you have all the information he has to offer that WILL keep you alive ... He knows he is not God ... that got beat out of him eons ago (probably by his 2nd wife
) so he knows what you need to know and will pass it on to you freely ... he does not consider you a competitor for a job ..'cos he knows it will take you years to accumulate the knowledge and ability he has ... but he will pass on to you the tools you will need to learn to survive!
Good luck ...
I'm not so sure I agree with the folowing ....
.... Never accept an instructor that is assigned to you. It's probably the one that is sitting around. .....
A generalisation I hope .... actually the instructor you need is the somewhat 'grizzelled' almost worn out 'silver back' lounging(relaxing?) around the coffee machine ... who has been around the block so many times he's probably lost count .... BUT who will talk to you around that coffee machine till you have all the information he has to offer that WILL keep you alive ... He knows he is not God ... that got beat out of him eons ago (probably by his 2nd wife
) so he knows what you need to know and will pass it on to you freely ... he does not consider you a competitor for a job ..'cos he knows it will take you years to accumulate the knowledge and ability he has ... but he will pass on to you the tools you will need to learn to survive! Good luck ...
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mm ...
I'm not so sure I agree with the folowing ....
.... Never accept an instructor that is assigned to you. It's probably the one that is sitting around. .....
A generalisation I hope .... actually the instructor you need is the somewhat 'grizzelled' almost worn out 'silver back' lounging(relaxing?) around the coffee machine ... who has been around the block so many times he's probably lost count .... BUT who will talk to you around that coffee machine till you have all the information he has to offer that WILL keep you alive ... He knows he is not God ... that got beat out of him eons ago (probably by his 2nd wife
) so he knows what you need to know and will pass it on to you freely ... he does not consider you a competitor for a job ..'cos he knows it will take you years to accumulate the knowledge and ability he has ... but he will pass on to you the tools you will need to learn to survive!
I'm not so sure I agree with the folowing ....
.... Never accept an instructor that is assigned to you. It's probably the one that is sitting around. .....
A generalisation I hope .... actually the instructor you need is the somewhat 'grizzelled' almost worn out 'silver back' lounging(relaxing?) around the coffee machine ... who has been around the block so many times he's probably lost count .... BUT who will talk to you around that coffee machine till you have all the information he has to offer that WILL keep you alive ... He knows he is not God ... that got beat out of him eons ago (probably by his 2nd wife
) so he knows what you need to know and will pass it on to you freely ... he does not consider you a competitor for a job ..'cos he knows it will take you years to accumulate the knowledge and ability he has ... but he will pass on to you the tools you will need to learn to survive!
) and with even using only the collective or the cyclic to maintain speed and RRPM. At that point, I had it. Got some great advice from the pilot who has had the situation really happen. Too bad he isn't there to be an instructor... I was quite confident and comfortable at the end of that one. Any fear or hesitation with autos was gone after that. Since that lesson, all down hill 
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A generalization it was. But I do feel that before you commit to an instructor, you should make sure that you click. I had an instructor that would not take his hands off the yoke. He would say "You're flying the plane" but he put artificial limits on how far I could turn the wheel. Instead of telling me that I'm reaching my altitute range and allow me to correct it, I would feel his resistance on the controls, preventing me from going any higher. I was allowed to learn nothing. I agree that the best instructor may just be sitting aroud, but it also may be the guy waiting for his first student. Not that that's a bad thing as long as you click. An instructor should build confidence in a student. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.
Good luck.
Mike
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Good luck.
Mike
ATP/CFII/Heli
Comm-Inst.ASMEL
Last edited by fly911; 14th Jun 2010 at 09:14.
