You know you're a CFI when...

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Rich, I know where you're coming from. Some people are too quick to judge the age/experience part. While I don't want to come across as saying that I'm "experienced" because I'm not. I still consider myself a green pilot. But I do believe I have had some experiences that other pilots with similar experience levels might not have. Anyone who has asked me what my background is, I've been more than willing to tell; but I never try to come across as more than I am out of respect for the profession and for those who are much more experienced than I.

Just my thoughts...thanks all!

Greg
 
...you know a computer chair that has done a lot of flying...

(just joking, don't pencil whip, it is uncool.)
 
I was going to say when you have logged more hours in a computer chair than in a airplane, but that doesn't count as a CFI.
 
My apologies for hijacking this thread.

You know you're a CFI when you bundle up like you're going out in a blizzard before you head out to the airport to give a lesson in a 152 in the winter (in the north).

Greg
 
You need to fly in Tulsa during the summer time and you would rather fly naked and carry a bottle of febreze.
 
You find yourself flying the plane with one hand, tracking a VOR radial, sketching a holding pattern with the other hand, while discussing holding pattern entries with your student, at night, in IMC...and it doesn't seem unnatural.

Did that one last night!
 
SFCC/UND said:
You need to fly in Tulsa during the summer time and you would rather fly naked and carry a bottle of febreze.
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I'd be lying if I said I'd never flown with my shirt off.

That was solo in my own plane though ;)

Gotta sport the dress shoes, khaki pants, and polo shirt when I'm "on duty," no matter what the weather.
 
You call the TRACON ahead of a cross country flight to ask the controller to send your student a curve ball to see if they will catch it and how they will handle it.

Greg
 
When you send local controllers 10 pizzas, even though you have never met them, because your flight was deviating from normal procedures, and the pizza box "From" label is N12345.
 
""...you use three voices as a pilot, but only two as an instructor. When the gruff, "My $&*(ing flight controls," voice comes out, you know instruction is on hiatus.""


Did this for the first time in about 700 dual given over the weekend. Winds 22G35 on approach and caught a nasty gust about 10 feet off the deck..I said go around, student said I think I can land it. After shut down told my student I was wrong for having lost my cool like that. He said "no prob, I deserved it" and showed me the bruise on his hand where it was wedged between mine and the throttle.
 
nothing wrong with giving bruises. I say beating is not used often enough in education. My dad beat the tar out of me and it made me turn into an okay guy. :)
 
mshunter said:
So very true. Something like knocking the flap lever from your student and saying "look at your airspeed!, WTF!" Followed by a ground session of "Lets re-construct what just happened." Only to have to do it again next flight:banghead:.
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Oh my god...that happend to me with the same student on the same flight :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
 
...when your lesson on simulated equipment failures gets interrupted by an actual equipment failure.
 
When you have a student who is trying their best but just can't seem to get it together. You pin point their weak spots, spend hours upon hours of sacrificed personal time and countless extra hours with them, encourage them to keep their head up, push them to do better than PTS. Then finally, they come to you with temporary in hand, with their name and signature on it, you know you're not only a CFI, but a damn good CFI! :D
 
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