Draconian Club Checkrides?

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"Michael" wrote:

Does this make ANY sense to any of you?

Yes, it makes perfect sense. The kind of people who like to make rules
join clubs so they can. There are a few good clubs out there, and the
majority are like the one you're dealing with. Go down the road to the
FBO.

BTW - an instructor who needs more than 30 minutes to figure out if you
can fly competently is himself incompetent.

Michael



I agree with the BTW statement. When I taught ACLS (Advanced Cardiac
Life Support) I could figure out in less than 10 whether someone was
going to be a star or a flop. In fact, the longer the scenario went on,
the worse the student was performing.

My checkride was about 2 hours (a leisurely two hours) of discussion,
which actually was a lot of fun believe it or not. My in-air time was
less than an hour, as everything he asked me to do was snap snap snap,
right by the book, just as I had trainedd.

I'm going to drop my club membership and go with the private FBO who
seems MORE than happy to jump at taking care of me. I did have to buy
renters insurance to cover liability and $5k deductibles, but it was
only $200, and I renewed my AOPA and added the legal plan at the same
time..

-Chris

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Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI