Oh man...

hahahahaha just think of every possible dumb thing you could do as well as the worst time you can do that particular thing and expect that ;)

Oh don't forget to check the fuel so many students like to forget such an important tool in the combustion to power process.

Good luck its great!
 
shdw said:
hahahahaha just think of every possible dumb thing you could do as well as the worst time you can do that particular thing and expect that ;)
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No...expect about 2 orders of magnitude dumber than that.....:banghead:

Nothing will make you alert in airplanes quite like flying with students for a few hundred hours.
 
Sometimes it was the people who had learned to fly elsewhere and then needed to complete refresher flights or BFRs that always did the worst things.

Heck, usually students that were brand new didnt make dumb dumb mistakes that actually surprised me. I was surprised 2 or 3 times by people with 100+ hrs.
 
Crockrocket94 said:
Sometimes it was the people who had learned to fly elsewhere and then needed to complete refresher flights or BFRs that always did the worst things.

Heck, usually students that were brand new didnt make dumb dumb mistakes that actually surprised me. I was surprised 2 or 3 times by people with 100+ hrs.
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Oh man, ain't that the truth...
Commercial students that get lost enroute to the practice area because they left their sectional behind...

Instrument students who drive it onto the runway flat and crooked...

Commercial candidates who miss scary things on preflight...

After a while you just learn not to trust any of them...flight instruction has made me quite cynical when it comes to other people.
 
To be fair, I recently went IMC flying with my chief, his comment the next day, "I finally got all the rust out of the cockpit, that you left in there yesterday."
 
Douglas said:
To be fair, I recently went IMC flying with my chief, his comment the next day, "I finally got all the rust out of the cockpit, that you left in there yesterday."
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Haha, yeah...I flew left seat in the DA-42 with an MEI candidate and felt like I was all thumbs.
 
Yup, they make mistakes. I had an instrument student tell me multiple times he wasn't flaring too high. After about 5 flights I just let him stall the airplane about 3 feet over the runway. He hasn't messed up a landing since. :bandit:

Also had an instrument student that had just passed his private check ride 15 days before I started flying with him. He forgot a ton in that 15 day period. Turning crosswind only 200ft above the ground was fun along with the landing...:panic:
 
It's been said before and I'll say it again...


The person in that left seat is trying to kill you!


Live by that mantra whenever you are giving even .2 of dual given. Never become lax with a anyone if you're in that right seat whether they be an airline pilot or a pre-solo student. (airline pilots who come back to the "little dinky toys" are the worst :laff: )

Student's will put you in so many different dangerous situations you wouldn't even begin to imagine the scenarios that are created.
 
c172captain said:
Student's will put you in so many different dangerous situations you wouldn't even begin to imagine the scenarios that are created.
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I guess everyone has different experiences and comfort levels, but I've never felt that way about instructing. Instructing is definitely more...adventuresome...than say, towing banners or flying jumpers, but it's not very dangerous. If it were, accident statistics would be correspondingly high, when in reality the flight training sector is amazingly safe.

The times when I've *really* scared myself with flying have been all my own doing and had no relation to providing instruction. Getting too close to thunderstorms, high density altitude in the mountains, crosswind landings in a tailwheel, etc.

I feel like I have to say something during these sorts of discussions so all the lurkers out there don't think instructing is a white-knuckle experience. Interesting and unusual? Yes, every day. Dangerous? Not really.
 
jrh said:
I guess everyone has different experiences and comfort levels, but I've never felt that way about instructing. Instructing is definitely more...adventuresome...than say, towing banners or flying jumpers, but it's not very dangerous. If it were, accident statistics would be correspondingly high, when in reality the flight training sector is amazingly safe.

The times when I've *really* scared myself with flying have been all my own doing and had no relation to providing instruction. Getting too close to thunderstorms, high density altitude in the mountains, crosswind landings in a tailwheel, etc.

I feel like I have to say something during these sorts of discussions so all the lurkers out there don't think instructing is a white-knuckle experience. Interesting and unusual? Yes, every day. Dangerous? Not really.
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Try flying with foreign students that don't understand English. The word "Okay" takes on a whole new meaning.

CFI: "lets do our cruise checklist"

Student: "okay"

*nothing happens*

CFI: "well?"

*still nothing*

*CFI stuffs checklist in student's face*

Oh and trying to get them to actually study the checklist so they can use the checklist properly, good luck!
 
Yes, every day. Dangerous? Not really.
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I must add one thing here, it is only as dangerous as you let it be. Overall these plains can take an incredable beating it gets dangerous when the instructor gets complacent.
 
shdw said:
I must add one thing here, it is only as dangerous as you let it be. Overall these plains can take an incredable beating it gets dangerous when the instructor gets complacent.
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