evaluating a new CFI?

Glad to hear the flight was a great lesson for you. I have had flights like that in the past and it eases the pain associated with the cost of flight lessons.
 
If they turn the fuel valve to off in flight to "simulate" an engine faliure, don't ever, ever, ever fly with them again.
 
Timbuff10 said:
Two ways to go about this:

1. Ask how many hours he has, if it is a ton then he has to be good... Experience is everything!

2. Ask how cheap he is willing to work. In this economic environment you should be able to get a CFI to work for free or maybe even pay for gas... Cash is king!

Than again you could always use that gut feeling method mentioned above.
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Sorry, I was using airline philosophy there.
 
Sounds like a winner, killbilly. I should have mentioned earlier that one of the best tools in my CFI toolkit (best I recall) was appropriate praise. It's easy to focus on the one or two things the guy is doing wrong, but it's important to remind them of all the things they're doing right, lest they get clamp-jawed and tunnel-visioned. I had a CFI at one point who was no doubt a great pilot and a very nice guy, but once he got in the cockpit it was just constant niggling, mostly over non-issues. We uhm, did not mesh well. Good luck, glad you found a good dude.
 
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