[Red5xwingdriver]

I too had an abusive instructor. The thing is, he was a great guy to hang with on the ground, he liked to joke around and what not. But once he got enough experience (he was new when I started flying with him), he began to become verbally abusive to me AND every one else he flew with. There would be, "God#%#@ it, ALTITUDE!!!", or, "WTF are you doing! Screw your head on straight", etc. After comparing notes with his other students, we decided that although we could rat him out to management, we didn't....but we should have at least stood up to him. Funny thing is, when he eventually left to work for an outfit flying Caravans, he told me that his instructor for that company was "quite hateful" towards him, and joked that he got back what he gave us.......well, ya think? From flying with him though, I knew what NOT to do as an instructor, especially since it makes students mess up MORE!