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I am talking about maximizing pleasure of flying, maximizing what
student will get out of each flight, maximizing progress of student in
process of learning.

Generally, quicker is better. Repetition improves retention. Rapid progress
is very motivating.


Does it make sense to give a student 4 flights in one day, or is it
better to have one lesson every 2-3 days? (airport operates every day
of the week)
Should the student be given 1-2 days time to digest each flight, think
about it, and analyze it?

Yes, they should be given time to digest, and reflect. To imagine what they
would do differantly, next time. Judgement is better once you are on the
ground, hindsight is 20/20. This is very important, and is the primary
obstacle to "Quicker is better". How long? Depends on the student, and
their outside workload. 4 flights a day? Perhaps, with a quick student, long
days, nothing else going on, and simple flights. 2 might be closer to
optimum. 3 days between flights? Not if you can help it. 3 flights a week
minimum.

When weather gets good again after 5 days of rain should this student
be allowed to make 3-4 flights in one day, or is it wasting of his
money because he does not have time to digest or analyze his
experiences, and his progress may suffer?

Once again, depends on the student. In the review after each flight, you'll
get a good idea of the progress being made. As soon as you see errors being
repeated, give them a break.

Based on our experience is it better for the student who loves flying
very much to do the course in 2 weeks time (5-7 flights a day), or is
it better to do the same course in 3 months ( 15 flights per month).

You've bracketed the productive range well.

If you are 18, have limited money, just enough to prepay the course,
would you then fly intensely for 2 weeks or would you want to enjoy 3
months metered flying just to make it last longer. What is better for
the student?
What is the best frequency of flying lessons?
Andre


When you fly a busy schedule, you use the things you have studied, and
this helps memory. The ability to recall all of the things you studied makes
the entire process less frustrating and more rewarding. You don't spend a
lot of time reviewing things covered earlier. These things all help
training, make it more rewarding and less expensive in the long run.

On the other hand, if the student has not had time to do the fully
prepare for the next flight, a delay could be beneficial. Before each
lesson, the instructor and student should know exactly where they are going,
and what they are going to do. They should have discussed what happend last
time they tried to do it, and what should be done differantly. If a new
task is being introduced, the student should have an idea, if not be able to
explain in detail, what he is going to try to do, how he will do it, and
what to expect.

Sleep is important. Your brain does some kind of processing/filing on
all of your recent experiences while you sleep. 4 very informative flights
per day may well be to much. I'll generally spot problems and fix them
quicker the next morning.


Al CFIAMI 2000+ hours of dual given.