"JustMe" wrote in message
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Should I quit now? That is what I'm pondering. 47.7 hours and still no
solo.

I agree with Bob, at least in fact if not tone. Just from your message, it
sure sounds like the standards your instructor is expecting from you before
solo are just too high. A solo student needs to be able to safely operate
the airplane in the expected environment. A solo student does NOT need to
be good enough to pass the checkride. If he were, an instructor would just
send him off for his checkride.

In addition, it sounds to me as though you've got a pretty good intuition of
other problems with your instructor. Pointing out where you screw up is
sometimes exactly what a student needs, but most of the time what an
instructor needs to do is explain WHY you screwed up and HOW you can fix it.
There's nothing more frustrating to a student than knowing you blew a
maneuver or didn't hold a heading or altitude or something, and then to only
be told what you already know, rather than how to avoid doing the same thing
in the future.

Well, nothing more frustrating except possible an instructor who holds you
back.

Anyway, you gotta get yourself a flight with a different instructor.
Preferably several flights, and maybe even with several different
instructors. You have been flying enough now that you will probably quickly
pick up on differences in instructional techniques, and will find at least
one instructor that you "mesh" with far better than the one you've got now.

Pete