IFR DVD sets

Flyboy 4

Flyboy 4

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First I am not a CFI, but I do have two question for CFIs.

Do you guys hate it when the student has started an IFR DVD set or is it OK with you?

Do you think they are worth the money and time?

If this is not the place to for a non-CFI to ask questions, please multate and tear this thread and please accept my apologies.:)
 
Flyboy 4 said:
First I am not a CFI, but I do have two question for CFIs.

Do you guys hate it when the student has started an IFR DVD set or is it OK with you?

Do you think they are worth the money and time?

If this is not the place to for a non-CFI to ask questions, please multate and tear this thread and please accept my apologies.:)
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First of all, the CFI corner is not JUST for CFIs.

Second, one of the purposes of the CFI corner is for students to ask questions.

And lastly, as a CFI, if a new student had watched a bunch of DVDs, (aka, showed an interest and studied for themselves), I'd be thrilled. Any student willing to go the extra mile is gold in my book.
 
Ian J said:
First of all, the CFI corner is not JUST for CFIs.

Second, one of the purposes of the CFI corner is for students to ask questions.

And lastly, as a CFI, if a new student had watched a bunch of DVDs, (aka, showed an interest and studied for themselves), I'd be thrilled. Any student willing to go the extra mile is gold in my book.
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Thanks Ian J, You are always a straight shooter and you get to the point.

I am looking at the Sporty's package and looking forward to starting IFR.
 
aloft said:
Why would you hate it? Lost revenue due to less ground instruction for you?
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I hadn't thought of the instructor losing out on revenue. I was more worried that instructors would not like it because either the DVDs available are not that good or in general instructors would not want students to get into areas better left alone until later in the training process.

An example would be negative comments from several CFIs about their students using Micro Soft Flight Sim too much during PPL training.
 
I would say go for it!

ANything that helps, and sometimes the IFR dvd sets can really help.

Although usually there is no replacement for good ol fashioned hardcore study :)

-not a cfi either.. cfi wannabe though... single engine add and a cfi rating.. maybe someone will give me a job :)
 
Flyboy 4 said:
I hadn't thought of the instructor losing out on revenue. I was more worried that instructors would not like it because either the DVDs available are not that good or in general instructors would not want students to get into areas better left alone until later in the training process.

An example would be negative comments from several CFIs about their students using Micro Soft Flight Sim too much during PPL training.
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I would be thrilled if one of my students got those sets so the briefings would go faster and we could get into the meat of the material, so to speak!
 
Thanks for everyone's input - This forum is a great place and I have learned so much about aviation and training here.
 
As a CFI, I also would be pleased with a student taking initiative - there is no lost revenue trust me. I however know Sporty's DVDs are overinflated in price. Granted they are good and get the job done, but paying $300 is a lot when you can read the same thing in text books....
 
Flyboy 4 said:
Do you guys hate it when the student has started an IFR DVD set or is it OK with you?
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For my students it's virtually a necessity. I teach part-time and my students, like me, have non-aviation careers and can often fly only once a week. There would be almost no way to keep up without the benefit they get from =fight= training ground courses like the Sportys one.

This is especially true for IFR where I think procedures are primary and flying is secondary.

Do you think they are worth the money and time?
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Yes. Absolutely. Although not necessarily for everyone. If you learn best by reading, that's going to be the most productive way for you. If you learn best with the audio/video charts and explanations, that's the way to go. The time is going to be spent no matter how you do it.
 
MidlifeFlyer said:
For my students it's virtually a necessity. I teach part-time and my students, like me, have non-aviation careers and can often fly only once a week. There would be almost no way to keep up without the benefit they get from =fight= training ground courses like the Sportys one.

This is especially true for IFR where I think procedures are primary and flying is secondary.

Yes. Absolutely. Although not necessarily for everyone. If you learn best by reading, that's going to be the most productive way for you. If you learn best with the audio/video charts and explanations, that's the way to go. The time is going to be spent no matter how you do it.
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i have a student who is a controller at our local RAPCON and he is quickly finding out how LITTLE he knows about the IFR environment. so we are doing all the ground/procedures first, then we are going to hit the flight training hard. we are doing every lesson as a XC to maximize the time/cost, still working on developing a TCO for it as i work full time as an instuctor as well as working on my MEI & going to a groundschool for that as well.
 
My apologies, I missed the part where he said he wasn't a CFI.

Yes, by all means study anything and everything you like! We all have different ways of absorbing information, and where the Jepp book fails, that hot, sexy vixen Martha King might succeed! Even with stuff you assimilate on the first pass, seeing it again in another format only reinforces that knowledge.
 
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