ready2fly
Well-Known Member
I arrived last night, and after the initial greetings, we went upstairs to the conference room. my instructor had asked another instructor to join us.
In his hand, my instructor had a folder that ASA puts out that is red and white and says "Instrument Student" on the front. Printed on the front was my name, social, etc., so I thought "good. The boy has done his homework". Then, after a few minutes of talking about why I asked him to prepare a syllabus and the reasons why I am frustrated, he tells me that he thought that it would be in my "best interests" to switch instructors to the other "for a while".
His reasoning:
1. It's not a good idea to have the same instructor all the way through.
2. Switching would give me a fresh perspective.
Turns out that he had not prepared anything. The folder was simply what they are required to keep. In it was a breakdown of the IFR training flights he and I had done to date.
This is where he asked the other instructor for any comments:
He basically lead off with: "this is the rating where most students wash out...." Then he went on a long dissertation about students who "wash out" and why.
Then it was my turn.
I explained to both that:
1. Never has the thought of quitting crossed my mind.
2. Part of my frustration stemmed from not knowing what to expect from lesson to lesson.
3. Part of my frustration was from being barked at in the cockpit. I explained that I felt that my frustration had rubbed off on my original instructor and that the two of us being frustrated in the cockpit just wasn't working.
4. The length of time that it might take to complete the rating was not an issue. I'd rather take it slow and do it right than rush it and be incompetent.
Then both instructors addressed the issue of a "written" plan and both said "well this being Part 61, there is no real written plan. It's goal oriented and based on what YOU want to do...."
My (now former) instructor then excused himself (goodbye) and the (supposed "new) instructor and I had a lenghty conversation wherein the jist of it came down to him telling me that:
1. He would not be available to fly Friday evenings, Saturdays or Sundays. And would only be available two days a week because he drives an hour both ways.
2. There are "two types of instructors. Those just starting out and those at the end" and both he and my (now former) instructor were near the end as they have both crossed the 1000 hr mark and thus would be (his words - I [expletive deleted] you not) "occasionally blowing me off for multi-time".
So, there it is in a nut-shell. Before I tell you what I'm thinking, please give me your thoughts. Thanks.
In his hand, my instructor had a folder that ASA puts out that is red and white and says "Instrument Student" on the front. Printed on the front was my name, social, etc., so I thought "good. The boy has done his homework". Then, after a few minutes of talking about why I asked him to prepare a syllabus and the reasons why I am frustrated, he tells me that he thought that it would be in my "best interests" to switch instructors to the other "for a while".
His reasoning:
1. It's not a good idea to have the same instructor all the way through.
2. Switching would give me a fresh perspective.
Turns out that he had not prepared anything. The folder was simply what they are required to keep. In it was a breakdown of the IFR training flights he and I had done to date.
This is where he asked the other instructor for any comments:
He basically lead off with: "this is the rating where most students wash out...." Then he went on a long dissertation about students who "wash out" and why.
Then it was my turn.
I explained to both that:
1. Never has the thought of quitting crossed my mind.
2. Part of my frustration stemmed from not knowing what to expect from lesson to lesson.
3. Part of my frustration was from being barked at in the cockpit. I explained that I felt that my frustration had rubbed off on my original instructor and that the two of us being frustrated in the cockpit just wasn't working.
4. The length of time that it might take to complete the rating was not an issue. I'd rather take it slow and do it right than rush it and be incompetent.
Then both instructors addressed the issue of a "written" plan and both said "well this being Part 61, there is no real written plan. It's goal oriented and based on what YOU want to do...."
My (now former) instructor then excused himself (goodbye) and the (supposed "new) instructor and I had a lenghty conversation wherein the jist of it came down to him telling me that:
1. He would not be available to fly Friday evenings, Saturdays or Sundays. And would only be available two days a week because he drives an hour both ways.
2. There are "two types of instructors. Those just starting out and those at the end" and both he and my (now former) instructor were near the end as they have both crossed the 1000 hr mark and thus would be (his words - I [expletive deleted] you not) "occasionally blowing me off for multi-time".
So, there it is in a nut-shell. Before I tell you what I'm thinking, please give me your thoughts. Thanks.