"Trying out" a different insturctor just to see - good idea? Badidea?

Hi GEG,
Just my student pilot 2 cents but I believe its a great idea
especially if you feel like you have hit a plateau for too long. I
found out through personal experience that even taking a flight as a
passenger with another private pilot can be very educational. Just
observing how accurately a PP with a couple of hundred hrs holds
altitude, keeps the airplane on the centerline while taxing, keeps the
ball in the middle, corrects for wind, handles radio etc gives you a
good perspective of where you stand. Again just my 2 cents but it
helped me a lot.
Good luck,
Girish Pai


GEG wrote:
Hi everyone,

I'm a student with about 10 flights under my belt.
I had an instructor for the first 4 that I really liked.
I departed for a while, then had a new instructor that
I also really like - but for COMPLETELY different reasons,
and I can consider him "acceptable", but not great.
I wish I could combine them both.
I do some teaching at my old University as a guest, and like
to balance the conceptual view, preparation, but also have
students work and struggle just a little bit in order
to make them think through situations and get a better grasp.
(I mean struggle with ground school issues, not while in the air.)
(I like this approach for me, anyway . . . hee hee.)

There are 2 other instructors at my school that I like as people
and as personality, and a friend of mine uses one of those guys.

I'm curious to know if it's a bad idea to "try" another
instructor for a flight, just to see.
Who knows, maybe he's really good.

On the flip side, if it's at the same school, will I create an
adversarial or acrimonious situation by "cheating" on my instructor -
who I'm actually quite fine with?

Thanks!

Gary