RiddlePilot
New Member
Alright, I have a question for you active CFIs. I'm a commercial multiengine student at the moment, and my IP has the tendency to do something that bothers the living hell out of me.
The scenario is this: Yesterday after coming back from the practice area, I had turned final on-speed and the approach was looking fine. Coming over the threshold, I reduced power as normal and started to transition to the flare at the appropriate time. Right at this point, my instructor puts his thumb against his yoke. He wasn't pushing or pulling, yet, he was restricting my movement rearward. I made a normal landing, and when I asked about this (rather peeved), he mentioned that it was his practice to always do this with new commercial students (I've just started back in the multi).
Now, I have 60 hours in type, and he knows this. He also had no reason to believe that I was going to slam the aircraft into the ground on this landing. My question is this: Is this sort of thing common practice for IPs? As I mentioned, I was quite peeved that he would do such a thing when everything was under control and stable, yet, I don't want to blow this out of proportion if instructors do indeed use this technique, even with commercial students.
Thanks for the insight, guys.
The scenario is this: Yesterday after coming back from the practice area, I had turned final on-speed and the approach was looking fine. Coming over the threshold, I reduced power as normal and started to transition to the flare at the appropriate time. Right at this point, my instructor puts his thumb against his yoke. He wasn't pushing or pulling, yet, he was restricting my movement rearward. I made a normal landing, and when I asked about this (rather peeved), he mentioned that it was his practice to always do this with new commercial students (I've just started back in the multi).
Now, I have 60 hours in type, and he knows this. He also had no reason to believe that I was going to slam the aircraft into the ground on this landing. My question is this: Is this sort of thing common practice for IPs? As I mentioned, I was quite peeved that he would do such a thing when everything was under control and stable, yet, I don't want to blow this out of proportion if instructors do indeed use this technique, even with commercial students.
Thanks for the insight, guys.