Frustrated Student Pilot About to Quit

ospam (Rosspilot) wrote:

I agree that there may be a little more to the story, but the CFI being
perpetually THAT tardy is inexcusable in my judgement. He needs a swift kick
in the ass. G

I've flown with CFI's who taught for free in a club setting,
and CFI's who were paid peanuts and spent three times what
they earned flying their twin in to the airport before the
lesson, and CFI's who were grandmothers, and CFI's who were
just friends of mine and flew with me when we were both on
the airport and we both had time to spare. The one thing
that the CFI's I've flown with shared was a love of flying
and a desire to share that love. When they were late, it
wasn't because they didn't care or couldn't be bothered to
arrive on time. If that's what was going on, I'd have
ditched the instructor too, but not my desire to fly.

Todd Pattist
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In a previous article, said:
and a desire to share that love. When they were late, it
wasn't because they didn't care or couldn't be bothered to
arrive on time. If that's what was going on, I'd have
ditched the instructor too, but not my desire to fly.

My first CFI always arrived *just* late enough that I had finished
taking the wing and cabin covers off, and preheating the engine, and
shovelling the snow in front of the plane. And he usually had a very hot
cup of coffee in his hand (but not one for me). Funny how that worked
out.

The second greatest thrill in flying is taking off without that big load
in the copilot seat. The first biggest thrill is when you fly when he
isn't even at the airport.

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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"But you've got to hand it to IBM, they know how to design hardware. The
servers all had handles to pick them up and throw them out of the
window...." --Juergen Nieveler in the Monastery