This changed my entire feeling while flying

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Joel

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I couldn't think of another way
of putting it.

Basically, I switched flight training locations
and my CFI after repeated calls to my original CFI
went unreturned and ignored.

So, I went to a smaller airport and found
a older more experienced CFI with 3500 hours
and 13 years experience.

Anyways, I have been up twice this week and
I have no major stress, fear or other weird feelings
since switching CFI's.

I was totally amazed that a change like this could
make things less stressful up there. I think some of it
was me but making this changes actually is making me
better.

In fact, I have learned ALOT more then the 10 hours
or so I spent with my original CFI.

I just wanted to share this with someone..lol
 
That's good that you still didn't get turned off from flying after that bad experience; hope training goes well, sounds like it will
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In fact, I have learned ALOT more then the 10 hours
or so I spent with my original CFI.

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First off it's good to have that good feeling back. I don't mean to be negative so don't take it that way, but are you sure you learned that much more? The reason I ask is maybe you knew it all along, but whatever stress there was in your previous situation was hindering how you performed. Maybe it was the change that unlocked the problems and allowed you to continue. While I have not switched CFII's I have come close and seiously thought about it. I am too far to switch now (just finished my long XC), just some tightening up the approaches and its checkride time.

Anyway, congrats on moving on.
 
that's good that you switched...my opinion is that you are paying for it and you should be getting the most for your money. I once had an instrument instructor that never seemed organized...we would just hop in the plane and go. I learn better with at least some sort of game plan, so I went to a different flight school and started flying with an awesome instructor. I'm glad to hear that you switched and that things are going better. ....*sigh* no more procrastinating, back to studying
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Joel, I've had SEVEN instructors over the past few years. Yup.

And the good thing is that I have learned something new from all of them. Even things I had down I learned more about. For example, the latest guy had to check me out for the club's airplanes. So he pretty much gave me a full private checkride, and even though I knew how to do all of the things, I learned how to do them a little better.

Now if I can just get him to teach me how to keep from getting a headache whenever I put those damn foggles on -- anyone else have that problem?
 
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Now if I can just get him to teach me how to keep from getting a headache whenever I put those damn foggles on -- anyone else have that problem?

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No headaches, but definitely a queezy feeling
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tonyw,
I had the same problem during my instrument training, it went away after I started working on my instrument cross country flying. My instructor at the time chalked it up to the fact that I was concentrating so hard on my instrument scan and the act of going from one approach to the next so quick during the first stages of training that it gave me a stress headache. Once we go to cross country work things happened at a slower pace and it was no longer a problem. After the first few headaches I began taking one asprin about an hour before my training flights and it seemed to help, and as I said earlier, once we started working on XC's it was no longer a factor.
Have fun!
 
What are foggles?? My guess would be the hood you wear during instrument ratings, but I am most likely way of target.
 
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What are foggles?? My guess would be the hood you wear during instrument ratings, but I am most likely way of target.

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Nope, you're right on target! Just a type of view limiting device, alot like hooded glasses.
 
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