Hillsboro Aviation

"Chris G." wrote in message
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Well, they do seem to have one of the highest rates in the area!!! I
work in Portland and don't even consider renting from them. Their rates
for a 172 are around $135-140/hr (wet). Yea, it's a glass panel, but I
don't need a glass panel for my flying--not for that much money!

That's pretty stiff. (OTOH, I wonder what their instructors make. Heh.
Probably peanuts.)

One of the things that concerned me was the chief instructor's comment that
he wants CFIIs because it's too much trouble to reassign the student after
he completes his PPL, and also it's a hassle for the student to "bond" with
a new instructor.

Personally, I liked switching up instructors between Pvt and Instrument.

-c

In rec.aviation.student Gatt wrote:
That's pretty stiff. (OTOH, I wonder what their instructors make. Heh.
Probably peanuts.)

One of the things that concerned me was the chief instructor's comment that
he wants CFIIs because it's too much trouble to reassign the student after
he completes his PPL, and also it's a hassle for the student to "bond" with
a new instructor.

Personally, I liked switching up instructors between Pvt and Instrument.

I can only speak for myself but it seems to me that switching instructors
is a good thing.

Due to the club environment, I flew with half a dozen different
instructors while obtaining my PPL-G. While I had one who I considered to
be my primary instructor, I flew with the others a significant amount, and
the one who signed me off for my first solo was not my "primary".

Each new instructor brought something new and useful and I think having a
lot of them helped cover gaps which otherwise may have been missed by
sticking with just one guy. Certainly there are downsides, such as when
you get conflicting information or you end up with an instructor who is
completely clueless as to your current skills and knowledge, although my
club has a pretty good system set up to coordinate all of that. But
overall I think the good substantially outweighs the bad. The idea of
going all the way to an instrument rating while only ever flying with a
single instructor seems very strange to me.

--
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software

Gatt wrote:

Personally, I liked switching up instructors between Pvt and Instrument.

-c

Me too...there's a lot to be said (and it's all been said here) for
different points of view and teaching styles, as well as the variety of
experience offered by multiple instructors.

Gatt, where you at? You're near us, now my sweetie's relocated me to
his PNW homeland. Shoot me an email, by removing one final "R" from the
posting name, at America OnLine, and yes I know I'm a weenie for still
having an AOL account.