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Old December 26th 07, 06:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Macklin
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Default Help In Choosing A School For A Private Pilot's License

Right ON.



"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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| Jose wrote:
| Instructors have plan and if a student flies with another instructor
| who does not follow the principle instructors plan, it is a problem.
|
| I strongly disagree. When I was taking primary lessons, I found that I
| often learned more when I had a sub instructor =because= the approach or
| the material was different. It is good to be exposed to different ways
| of doing things, and different things in a different order.
|
| Maybe that's just the way =I= am, but I doubt I'm all that unusual, and
| I would not make the blanket statement that flying with another
| instructor who doesn't follow the first's plan is "a problem".
|
| Jose
|
| It's more correct to say that flying with another instructor (who
| confuses the student) can be a problem.
|
| Naturally obtaining different opinions and different approaches to the
| flying equation is beneficial. I don't believe Jim meant to convey that
| it wasn't. I know I most certainly didn't mean to imply this.
| Differing opinion is one thing. Differing opinion applied during a
| structured training program DONE INEFFECTIVELY and without consideration
| for how the student will react to this differing opinion can indeed be
| harmful.
| The bottom line is that differing opinion and viewpoint can be helpful
| or it can be harmful. How this plays out defines the caliber and quality
| of the teacher involved.
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| Dudley Henriques