Confronting my instructor

[tonyw]

Whether you're his first student or not is irrelevant.

The relevant questions are whether or not you are learning from him and whether or not you are comfortable working with him.

If the answer to these questions is yes, then stick with him. If not, then don't.

[JEP]

Originally Posted by tonyw

Whether you're his first student or not is irrelevant.

The relevant questions are whether or not you are learning from him and whether or not you are comfortable working with him.

If the answer to these questions is yes, then stick with him. If not, then don't.

Kind of.

While every CFII will eventually have their first instrument student, I do find it odd that this instructor's first 'instrument' student (if you will) is a CFII candidate. Going into it, I would have had a question of how is he going to critique Angel's CFII methods when as a Current CFII he himself has never had an instrument student.

That being said, it's your dough. If it is not working out for any reason, it is would be better for the both of you to move on.

[bradj2000]

Just tell him, "It's not you, it's me, well actually it's you and you suck"

[ERJ-135]

Are you sure that the CFII can instruct you without meeting the dual given? Just want to make sure that you fully understand the FAR's. FAR 61.195 (h) (3) deals with the requirements at an FAA-approved course.

[FatBastard]

Lemme telll ya something brother!! If your instructor won't do right, at 8:00p.m. at the T.D. Waterhouse Center in Orlando, challenge him to a Hell in the Cell Match -No disqaulification,last man standing, anything goes brotha!! Be sure you have Batista and the Rock as tag team partners!!!(LOL)

But seriously you seem like you got a good one on your shoulders and you got some great advice on this thread, so put it to use! It will work out for you man.

[Screaming_Emu]

Originally Posted by FatBastard

Lemme telll ya something brother!! If your instructor won't do right, at 8:00p.m. at the T.D. Waterhouse Center in Orlando, challenge him to a Hell in the Cell Match -No disqaulification,last man standing, anything goes brotha!! Be sure you have Batista and the Rock as tag team partners!!!(LOL)

WTF?

[ananoman]

My first instrument student was a CFII. I tried to get out of it, but was convinced by management that I should take the student. The logic was that I already knew how to teach and I already knew how to fly instruments. The student also should already know how to fly instruments, so all you have to do is work on is getting them to give instruction.

It ended up being a good experience for the both of us. It actually ended up that the student could not fly instruments at all and I ended up starting over with them just like I would have done with a beginning instrument student. I was able to get him up to PTS, and then he left before we could really start on the CFII syllabus.

If you have a sharp CFI, it is not really necessary for them to do a lot of instrument instruction before they get a CFII student. It is probably the easiest instructor rating to get anyway.

[FatBastard]

Originally Posted by Screaming_Emu

WTF?

Emu, its' a joke. If you watch WWE Smackdown, you may know what I'm talking about.

[pilot602]

dissatisfaction with the school's choice to give me a newly-hired instructor that probably has less than 50 dual given.

You do realize he still has more experience (he's the one getting paid) than you and at some point YOU are going to be in his shoes having to start somewhere with someone.

Trust me the "training" environment is completely and utterly different than actually getting out there and doing it for real. CFI training really doesn't not prepare you for the day to day realities/challenges of the job.

[CAFFEINE]

Originally Posted by pilot602

Trust me the "training" environment is completely and utterly different than actually getting out there and doing it for real. CFI training really doesn't not prepare you for the day to day realities/challenges of the job.

Very true.