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Will3506

Will3506

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To become a flight instructor. I have decided this is the best way to start my flying career. I'm both nervous and excited. Now, I won't begin to fully work on it until I finish my single and multi commercial tickets (which will be in the next few weeks). I am looking for any and all advice on best way to start, what to read, how to start lesson plans, what you would have done different during your training, what helped and what didn't. I've done some lurking through the other threads, but I want to see if there are any new ideas or advice.
Thank you,
Kevin
 
As a current student, here are some suggestions based on things that have made me change instructors. Show up on time. Have a plan. Be flexible. Give homework. expose your students to as many different situations as possible. When you are charging for your time, 100 % of your attention goes to the student, not to your bros, your phone or the cute front desk girl or dude.
 
Congrats. It probably make you a better pilot, but even if it doesn't, you can always lord it over pilots who didn't instruct and pretend that there's some ineffable knowledge gained only through being a CFI. *knocks ring*
 
uncreative said:
As a current student, here are some suggestions based on things that have made me change instructors. Show up on time. Have a plan. Be flexible. Give homework. expose your students to as many different situations as possible. When you are charging for your time, 100 % of your attention goes to the student, not to your bros, your phone or the cute front desk girl or dude.
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That screams ATP ROFL:biggrin:
 
Yup I almost did and I am so glad I didnt. I added up my current costs to get me this far and I've saved around $30k by going to the local club. Mind you I won't have 100hrs of mult, but I'm not worry about that at this point in my career.
 
uncreative said:
I almost went to atp as well, but the dude for my intro flight was a no-show.
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The dude on my intro flight didn't say anything. We took off he said ok fly west. Then he said fly north, then east and then he said my controls and landed. I knew right then I didn't want to go there
 
Will3506 said:
The dude on my intro flight didn't say anything. We took off he said ok fly west. Then he said fly north, then east and then he said my controls and landed. I knew right then I didn't want to go there
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Yeah. Don't be that guy. When it comes to instructing, love it or leave it. People are paying good money for your time.
 
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