On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:17:56 -0800, Crash Lander wrote
(in article ):

"Jose" wrote in message
...
Surely, any instructor that values his life, would at least do a brief
pre-flight himself, regardless of whether the student has already done
one or not?

Yes. But that doesn't mean that the student needs to be supervised while
he does his own preflight.

Jose

How then, does it 'save time' if the student does the pre-flight before the
instructor arrives, if the instructor is going to do it again anyway?
Crash Lander



An instructor, who knows exactly what he is looking for and where to look for
it, can do a preflight in a fraction of the time that a student can.

If I have to stand over a student while he does the preflight, then I am
going to charge for my time.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor