Great Student!

Only because in my experience, even through college flight school, if the students are really good the instructor is "easier" on them.
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Very true, keep tough on him and driving him. I had a student similar to yours that studied what I told him to and was interested in flying. It came time for his checkride and I didn't spend much time practicing for the oral with him. I was busy and assumed since he had done so well all along that he knew what to study. He failed the oral. To this day he was still the best student I had.
 
I thought learning how to fly was something you would only do if you really liked it? How could there be unmotivated students? If pilots love what they do so much, why does the majority seem to not be motivated in their training?
 
shdw said:
How bout the student thats 120 hours in and has 8 first solos and still on occasion tries to taxi with the yolk?

Edited: Yoke to Yolk for traditional purposes!
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I taxied with the yolk today..literally, a pigeon egg fell out of a nest above the airplane in the hanger and it broke on the horizontal stablizer...
 
Kestrel452 said:
I thought learning how to fly was something you would only do if you really liked it? How could there be unmotivated students? If pilots love what they do so much, why does the majority seem to not be motivated in their training?
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It truly is a conundrum...
 
Kestrel452 said:
I thought learning how to fly was something you would only do if you really liked it? How could there be unmotivated students? If pilots love what they do so much, why does the majority seem to not be motivated in their training?
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Most of them think if they have the hours they get the endorsement and the test is easy and when they fail the examiner was just being a jerk.
 
Kestrel452 said:
I thought learning how to fly was something you would only do if you really liked it? How could there be unmotivated students? If pilots love what they do so much, why does the majority seem to not be motivated in their training?
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Because maybe they start off being motivated by the thought of being able to fly a plane, but what they don't realize is that they also have to learn about regs, airspace, weather, etc. etc. This can demotivate those students who just want to "get behind the wheel" and fly without doing all that studying.
 
I am going to start my lessons soon and i was wondering what make was the scanner. i am interested in purchasing one. i try to check it out on atc.net - is that okay? please - what can one do to make the teaching easier for the teacher?
 
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