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Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
21st Dec 2010, 14:02
Replies: 6
Views: 1,102
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Anyone speak Italian?

I am looking for some help from an Italian speaking/Italian Instructor - Does anyone know anyone? I have a student (Italian) who could do with a bit of translation help (me too in al honesty!)
...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
18th Apr 2010, 20:09
Replies: 3
Views: 812
Posted By Stumpyotoole

great, thanks for that - I will be following that...

great, thanks for that - I will be following that up first thing tomorrow!
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
18th Apr 2010, 19:50
Replies: 3
Views: 812
Posted By Stumpyotoole

PPL with prostetic limb

Hi,
I did a trial lesson today with a potential PPL conversion - but the lady in question has a prosthetic leg. I am sure she will be able to learn to fly but am not sure what the best way to go...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
9th Apr 2010, 06:45
Replies: 2
Views: 628
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Summer

Here's to a summer like the past few days, to flying around local landmarks in left hand circles, to not having time to eat all of your lunch in one go. Here's to coming home with a hundred air...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
31st Aug 2009, 10:05
Replies: 24
Views: 3,207
Posted By Stumpyotoole

yes, I have a 'bill paying' part time job which...

yes, I have a 'bill paying' part time job which keeps me afloat, and luckily shift work so I don't lose out on much flying and still (miraculously) am managing to get a whole day off a week!
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
30th Aug 2009, 23:07
Replies: 24
Views: 3,207
Posted By Stumpyotoole

A quick rant

I am fed up with feeling like I have to justify why I became an instructor and why I am NOT building hours to work in the airlines and why I really (still) at this moment have no desire to head that...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
30th Aug 2009, 23:01
Replies: 25
Views: 4,051
Posted By Stumpyotoole

I have to agree, I have 'picked up' a few...

I have to agree, I have 'picked up' a few students from a previous instructor whose records read 'hour one, ex 4-9, hour two, ex 10, hour three-..., ex 12+13. The student(s) has come to me expecting...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
24th Aug 2009, 18:19
Replies: 4
Views: 911
Posted By Stumpyotoole

its ok, I am not necessarily thinking about going...

its ok, I am not necessarily thinking about going out there, I just had a curious thought, a bit of a 'whatif'!
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
24th Aug 2009, 10:30
Replies: 0
Views: 488
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Instructing overseas

Just a quickie, what would I have to do If I wanted to Instruct in say, the USA or Canada? Is it possibly to convert my current licences?! Its just a thought...it doesn't really have to be north...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
24th Aug 2009, 10:28
Replies: 4
Views: 911
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Instructing overseas

Just a quickie, what would I have to do If I wanted to Instruct in say, the USA or Canada? Is it possibly to convert my current licences?! Its just a thought...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
17th Aug 2009, 20:47
Replies: 3
Views: 832
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Smile Lifting that restriction

FINALLY! it happens, the hours are logged and the sign off are, well, signed off. Now, is there anything I need to send to the CAA that is not included on the form. It may sound silly but I have...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
8th Jun 2009, 12:03
Replies: 19
Views: 1,091
Posted By Stumpyotoole

yes sorry, not the clearest of descriptions. I...

yes sorry, not the clearest of descriptions. I meant we hadn't reached a safe speed to 'rotate; and climb before the decision point (yes a decision I should have made sooner and enforced but didn't)....
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
8th Jun 2009, 10:29
Replies: 19
Views: 1,091
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Thanks guys. I did get back on the horse (so to...

Thanks guys. I did get back on the horse (so to speak) an hour or so later after a cuppa or two! the second flight of the day was much less eventful and did a lot to calm me down. The third and...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
7th Jun 2009, 23:34
Replies: 19
Views: 1,091
Posted By Stumpyotoole

support for instructors

had an interesting flight today, one i NEVER want to repeat, giving me a whirring mind and no sign of sleep. I can't help but feel that the chain of events was my fault as an instructor, even though...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
11th May 2009, 09:30
Replies: 23
Views: 3,383
Posted By Stumpyotoole

maybe schools are hesitant to take on someone who...

maybe schools are hesitant to take on someone who 'wouldn't have looked twice at instruction a year ago' ?!

and are not a handful of hours better than no hours at all, or worse still - having to...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
8th May 2009, 20:18
Replies: 23
Views: 3,383
Posted By Stumpyotoole

tropical fridge: why bother doing the course? ...

tropical fridge: why bother doing the course?

simple, its (in my experience anyway which is admittedly limited but no less valid) one of the most enjoyable flying courses, stripping you right back...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
27th Apr 2009, 14:43
Replies: 9
Views: 940
Posted By Stumpyotoole

well thank goodness I don't seem to be the only...

well thank goodness I don't seem to be the only one whole finds this all a bit baffling! Thanks for all the replies guys, I have now bought myself a tax for dummies book and am sorting through...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
25th Apr 2009, 15:32
Replies: 9
Views: 940
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Tax Advice please!

Having been instructing for just under a year, I have just recieved the paperwork for my first tax return in the post. ARGH! I think I may need help. infact I don't think, I know! For starters I...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
3rd Apr 2009, 20:48
Replies: 36
Views: 5,582
Posted By Stumpyotoole

just a query...

...but why is it always about the hours. Or more to the point, why do the 'discussions' start mainly about the hours AND the money?! FI's are paid poorly, its well known by the FI's and not so well...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
2nd Sep 2008, 18:01
Replies: 18
Views: 1,850
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Hi, Just wanted to add my two pence worth to...

Hi,
Just wanted to add my two pence worth to all the above! I got my FI rating a couple of months ago so by no means am I the voice of experience in all this, but as a relatively new instructor I...
Forum: Private Flying
1st May 2008, 21:34
Replies: 22
Views: 1,796
Posted By Stumpyotoole

North Weald do a great breakfast,its huge! and...

North Weald do a great breakfast,its huge! and they have the massive boot sale there (sundays?)
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
1st May 2008, 18:55
Replies: 9
Views: 1,041
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Many thanks to all of you who have replied! ...

Many thanks to all of you who have replied!

firstly, I should probably clarify that it is the long briefings/lectures I am having trouble putting together. The short briefings although daunting at...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
27th Apr 2008, 20:06
Replies: 9
Views: 1,041
Posted By Stumpyotoole

FIC theory

Hi everyone,

Just wondered if anyone can give me some tips on putting together ground school lectures, I have been tasked on my course to come up with one and though I have lots of bits of paper...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Aug 2007, 21:45
Replies: 11
Views: 3,470
Posted By Stumpyotoole

atpl

best way to pass the exams: do the reading, do the work and back it up with the feedback. its impossible not to memorise some of the answers to the feedback questions, but its not advisable to...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Jul 2007, 16:52
Replies: 2
Views: 1,030
Posted By Stumpyotoole

I have recently finished the ATPL's and yes, they...

I have recently finished the ATPL's and yes, they were hard! BUT (and its a big but) they are not nearly as bad as you may be led to believe!

I can honestly say that i have never put as much...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
6th Jul 2007, 15:48
Replies: 16
Views: 1,980
Posted By Stumpyotoole

restricted FI

When you are restricted, you cannot send people on their first solo. To unrestrict the licence you need to sign off 25 solo flights (i.e. students you have sent solo once they have done their first...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Jul 2007, 13:50
Replies: 7
Views: 861
Posted By Stumpyotoole

butterflies are normal...

yeongmsc: the cockpit of a light aircraft is a very unnatural environment for someone who has never experienced flight without hundreds of other people around them! There is a whole new dimension...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
1st Jul 2007, 20:58
Replies: 5
Views: 668
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Gen nav is never as bad as you think - you just...

Gen nav is never as bad as you think - you just have to draw the f-ing diagram!!
Forum: Private Flying
30th Aug 2006, 11:44
Replies: 31
Views: 4,787
Posted By Stumpyotoole

I have to say, when I posted this thread, I...

I have to say, when I posted this thread, I didn't expect quite such a response! But thanks!
Forum: Private Flying
27th Aug 2006, 17:17
Replies: 31
Views: 4,787
Posted By Stumpyotoole

...

indeed it is the way the story goes unfortunately W.r.a.i.t.h. Although as i said before, there is a bit of generalisation in my thoughts.
I get very frustrated when I am made to feel less worthy...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Aug 2006, 12:29
Replies: 31
Views: 4,787
Posted By Stumpyotoole

PPL/CPL snobbery

Apologies if I am in the wrong section, I wanted to get something off my chest and see if anyone else has encountered the phenomena...

I have been working in a flying school for a few years now,...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
27th Aug 2006, 11:17
Replies: 242
Views: 44,804
Posted By Stumpyotoole

look forward to seeing you there, hoping for a...

look forward to seeing you there, hoping for a good group of people!
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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
25th Aug 2006, 16:33
Replies: 242
Views: 44,804
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Thank you for that. sometimes you do tend to find...

Thank you for that. sometimes you do tend to find yourself caught up in the whole aviation thing. ( which is of course why we lay ourselves out on the line to get where we want to be!).

x
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
25th Aug 2006, 16:04
Replies: 242
Views: 44,804
Posted By Stumpyotoole

Thank you for that! Congrats on passing them all....

Thank you for that! Congrats on passing them all.
I have taken on board what you say (funnily enough, many people have suggested the Bristol GS!!) and I intend to spend the next six months eagerly...
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