I almost lost trust to my flight instructor. He doesn't calculate the weight and balance before every flight training, and he doesn't like me to calculate that either. When he do the pre-flight, he will just walk around, and never really check the pitot heat and NAV light. He even done something extremely dangerous and almost cause serious problem during a flight.
When he flying the airplane, he is over relax, he even make fun with other aircraft in the CTAF frequency.
The problems that I mentioned above, they can be solve. I will check the airplane carefully every time. I really hate his attitude !
However, here is something I can not deal with.
When the weather turns into actual IFR, he always give me some excuse to cancel the flight. The problem is I checked the weather every time and there is way far behind the limitation. I think he is lazy !
How can I can become a really good pilot if I never fly into actual IFR weather?
The only IFR weather I ever get into is cloud. The fact is I feel much more comfortable in the cloud than under the stupid hood !
What he always says during training is: " If this is actual IFR ! If this is actual IFR! IF THIS IS ACTUAL IFR !" What I feel is he identifies the IFR weather as an emergency situation, and he never gonna get into it, unless he have to !
I believe the reason to become an instrument rated pilot is not to deal with the emergency situation such as IFR weather.
The OP is obviously still learning English, so rather than being wise cracks, help him out. If you take time to read over his post, you would be able to connect what he is trying to convey.
PVG, Realistically, if you are doing your training in the same type of aircraft with the same instructor, you will have the same numbers time and time again. I don't have my students do a weight and balance each time we fly...it would just be way too time consuming. However, to keep them on top of it, I'll have them do one maybe every three flights just to make sure they don't forgot how to do one. I'll throw in different scenarios - 'if we were to bring your friend who weighs XX lbs, how much gas can we take" etc.
If you are new and unfamiliar with the aircraft, your instructor should do the intial pre-flight with you to introduce you to any peculiar items that you may not have encountered on your previous equipment. Pre-flights from SEL tend to be pretty standard and the same for the most part, but certain planes have certain quirks. Again, bring this up to your instructor.
From what I gather, you are currently working on your instrument rating. Like others have mentioned, you may be at a stage where your CFI may not be comfortable having you fly in actual. I'm sure he has good intentions, but he may want you to get a little more comfortable with flying before throwing you into a potentially dangerous situation. Also, just because it is IFR and your instructor does not want to fly, doesn't mean he is lazy. Many CFIs set certain limitations with teaching students in IFR environment.
Address your concerns with your instructor and see where he goes from there. During your debriefs, ask your instructor these questions and ask him how your are prograssing with your training. If you continue to encounter these re-occuring problems, the only solution is for you to change instructors. You're the student, you have the option. Good luck with training!
