Patrick Smith admits small planes are unpleasant

Jim Logajan writes:

None of the one I know of are "building time." Two more local CFIs, who I
expect to eventually meet, Paul and Jess, have been teaching for about 20
years, each. If they have plans for airline work they seem to be mighty
slow about it.

I hope that is the norm rather than the exception. I wouldn't want to learn
from a CFI who had not made a career of instruction.

The author makes the mistake of assuming everyone else shares his values
and preferences.

Lots of people make that mistake, as he points out himself in reference to
other pilots.

Mxsmanic wrote:

How many flight instructors like their job? How many are just impatiently
trying to build hours so that they can work as airline pilots one day?

From observation of what goes on at the local GA airports, which you should
try sometimes instead of just pulling stuff out of your ass, instructors
are about evenly divided between young guys looking to build time and older
guys who just like aviation.

And then there is the few middle aged guys who have a day job and instruct
on weekends and evenings because they like aviation.


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Jim Pennino

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Mxsmanic wrote:

How many flight instructors like their job? How many are just impatiently
trying to build hours so that they can work as airline pilots one day?

From observation of what goes on at the local GA airports, which you should
try sometimes instead of just pulling stuff out of your ass, instructors
are about evenly divided between young guys looking to build time and older
guys who just like aviation.

And then there is the few middle aged guys who have a day job and instruct
on weekends and evenings because they like aviation.

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Jim Pennino

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The CFII we like is ex USAF, now flies for a major carrier, and enjoys
instructing. Could not ask for better (although he is the first CFII I
ever knew who insisted I wear a parachute for unusual attitude
recovery practice in his personal airplane (it was NOT an M20J!).

Stephen! writes:

This idiot was talking about a mere 20 years ago.

The "idiot" is an airline pilot now.

Stephen! writes:

So? What's that prove?

Either airline pilots are idiots, or he's not an idiot. Which is it?

Mxsmanic wrote:
Stephen! writes:

So? What's that prove?

Either airline pilots are idiots, or he's not an idiot. Which is it?

Or maybe there is one airline pilots that is an idiot?



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Jim Pennino

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Or maybe there is one airline pilots that is an idiot?

Calling an airline pilot an idiot just because he freely admits that he
doesn't like flying in small airplanes clearly illustrates the narrowminded
attitude that seems to afflict many of the most vocal pilots in this group.

Just because someone doesn't share your opinion doesn't make him an idiot.

Which airline do you fly for, again?