Students perspective

[3Dreaming]

Yozz, you might want to slow down on the coffee this morning. Your finger must have been trembling when you hit the submit button. Tom

[yozz25]

Yeah, it kept coming up as an error, thought it didn't submit the post, then almost fell off chair when I saw multiple posts, yeah cawfee does that to meeeeee,

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[drseti]

almost fell off chair when I saw multiple posts

Ah, that's a relief. I thought I was having a bad case of deja vu vu vu vu.

Which reminds me: redundancy is two of the most important considerations in flight training.

[JamesMN]

Yozz,
Your not alone on this. I am going though the same type of issue. I know more of the regs than my cfi. He has been a cfi for 30 yrs and also flew for a major airlines but he is not motivated. Just look at some my posts and rants ( I use these forums to vent also and never am disrespectful towards him in person) Its his plane, his fbo, so his rules unfortuantley, even though they are not correct. Even though I have been flying solo since last year, I can only fly when the airport is open, which is 8-12am on SAT, closed Sunday. Trust me it sucks! In this situation, I do my own due dilligence and read, read, read. I am tired after 30hrs of flying around a 10 mile box but I have no other option unless I travel hours for training somewhere else. Just yesterday I started contacting DPE's cause he don't even have one of those for me to use. I'm sure this is a common problem for all SP students the more I read. GA instructors, teaching SP that don't know what is required. I feel like he is learning the SP teaching ropes on my dime.

[frfly172]

It may be better for you to set up a weekend with a light sport training facility and get it out of the way.If you are ready they will be able to tell you. just have to eat the cost of hotel.and give up a little conveinence

[yozz25]

James in MN, land of lakes.

How refreshing it is to have the perspective of a fellow student after getting the daylights knocked out of me by the "faculty".

I read your post about need for crosswind training I believe. IMHO, you have to be up front with this guy, sublety and like a gentleman, but up front. You have to essentially seduce him into giving you crosswind. If he winces or has the good ole constitpated look of doubt, then he is not up to it. A person who is up to it, will have a genuine air of confidence, an eagerness and not flinch. Any hesitation shows doubt, thus he is probably no longer for you in this aspect. After 30 hours in lsa, you are probably well drilled in many aspects and you recognize a weakness that has to be addressed.

My own situation is unsual, but stuff happens, have to roll it off like water off a ducks back, it's only money.

Right now I'm laying low, getting over stomach virus, and thinking about how to approach my CFI, good young guy, but with constipated look of doubt, that I need to concentrate on my landings, and that I need to sit with him and go through the actual dynamics of landing with toy plane.

I have to ignore his attempts to sell me more hobbs time, and just concentrate on nailing area I believe I need nailed. It's your dime Jim, it's your time, sometimes you have to follow your gut, and if your gut tells you your guy has just about done all he has for you, move on and get the other persective.

I'm dealing with a school that is ahead of itself, they have the lsa, promote it, but don't have the pilot up to snuff. That is not my problem as a consumer, it's their problem. No use analyzing and figuring out the why's whats hows and all other crap, they are a business, let them figure those aspects out. My money is fine, a matter of fact, my money is excellent, why shouldn't my training be the same.

ok facutly, now beat me down.

Life is too short to be shy

yozz

[JamesMN]

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ok facutly, now beat me down.

Life is too short to be shy

yozz

Yozz, you make me laugh. That is becaue I can totally relate to you. In my field of work (Infrastructe Management analyst for ACS/Xerox) I have to be so professional and take so much crap from customers and always be anticipating their questions and be 1 step ahead. Any CFI that had his heart in this would do the same. I wish it wasn't like this and hate to be critical but if I didn't vent here, I would probably blow at him and ruin our relationship and that is the last thing I want to do.

[drseti]

ok facutly, now beat me down.

Yozz, the local designated Faculty Radical can't take issue with anything you've said here!

[yozz25]

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ok facutly, now beat me down.

Life is too short to be shy

yozz

field of work (Infrastructe Management analyst for ACS/Xerox) I have to be so professional and take so much crap from customers and always be anticipating their questions and be 1 step ahead. .

OMG, don't ask me to break down what you do. I think my brain just froze. Good to know the perfessor is a radical, maybe he can unfreeze me.

As for being professional, excuse me, gotta gag, feehhhhh, blahhh, yechhhhh, ok, fine now, and taking crap, ditto, it's part of the game in the US landscape today. Gotta smile, put on the face, while you want to strangle them. Normal.

In any case, I don't expect CFI's to be professional, they can come in sandels and shorts with t shirt for all I care, just use deodorant. I just want a fair shake.

In any case, what I've learned is that there are but a few of us as per stats I've seen on the FAA data base as compared to ppl tickets.

As I've said Jim, you know what you need.

For those going to sports school that has it's ducks lined up with instructors in the know of regs and the craft to be used, there should be a minimal problem.

For those who go with CFI's not up to date on sports job, then it is up to the student to grab the helm and bone up on what is needed for the ticket, what the law/regs say, etc, and educate the CFI. You have to sort of steer them towards your needs since they are wired for the ppl needs. I've seen this with 2 of the CFI's already at my local FBO that has a new remos in.

This is probably a good forum for sports students to assemble and vent their frustrations and then create strategies to deal with the shortcomings they may face. As a matter of fact, its a good place for the others such as ppl to do the same.

Insight from the CFI's is important, they have their unique problems addressing our problems and just by viewing their posts we learn an awful lot.

Much of the situation also depends on supply and demand. In your neck of the woods there seems to be only one CFI and that is someone to tread softly with, but understand he may have his limits. But he did get you up there, and got you to solo, so he did his job well. That is good.

In my neck of the woods, there are many CFI's but one school with lsa. They came in all flavors and sizes and temperments. My best one was with a young guy who spent most of the time watching his cell phone while instructing me on various maneuvers including much pattern work in a warrior. I really enjoyed being with him, he liked to have fun.

So just do what ya gotta do to get ticket, you most of the way there, and then just enjoy and you'll look behind you and laugh at the whole process.

yozz