"G.R. Patterson III" writes:

I hated flying with him. That didn't last.

What didn't last; the hatred, or the flying?

The flying.

The trainer Aztec we flew had a PTT that didn't allow using the intercom.
I learned this after starting the engines but the instructor wouldn't let
me jump out and grab my (modified) PTT from my Aztec because "it wouldn't
work." Instead, he disconnected the PTT so that I had to do all of the
radio work. Then he railed on me to do the "any traffic in the area,
please advise" crap. That did it. We headed home and I was done.

Especially in a foreign (to me) high-volume environment (Chicago), I did
not want to deal with that kind of person. It delayed my training quite
a bit but I regard it as a good decision.

--kyler