You know you're a CFI when...

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...it's 11:30 and you're half asleep getting the student's full stop night landings when you add power to recover from a "stall" landing without even knowing what you did.


...part of you're scan includes the hobbs meter
 
clrTaG said:
...it's 11:30 and you're half asleep getting the student's full stop night landings when you add power to recover from a "stall" landing without even knowing what you did.


...part of you're scan includes the hobbs meter
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Haha, so true...
 
You order 2gal/side for a 152 you have to go fly on a hot/humid day and when the line guy asks you if you're serious, you say yes.

Later that same day...you ask for 3gal in one tank...again...quite seriously.

Effing 152s.


You had to bite your tongue to not laugh when your student explained to you that the altimeter has a waffle in it that expands and contracts as the pressure changes.
 
c172captain said:
...you know exactly how much hobbs it takes to get from the practice area to parking at the flight school so you can time demo flights perfectly
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You looked at the minute and second hand on your watch when the engine started, so that you can have a 21 second debrief while stationary in the tie down area, because that's when it's going to flip over to the next 10th.


I've never done that.......really. ;)
 
moxiepilot said:
You looked at the minute and second hand on your watch when the engine started, so that you can have a 21 second debrief while stationary in the tie down area, because that's when it's going to flip over to the next 10th.


I've never done that.......really. ;)
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that's called flight instructor situational awareness. what we'll do for a .1...
 
...having flown so many hours with pre-solo and fresh PPL students, the idea of flying with someone who has as much if not more flight time than you causes you to feel the need to establish dominance and protect your territory in the airplane
 
c172captain said:
...having flown so many hours with pre-solo and fresh PPL students, the idea of flying with someone who has as much if not more flight time than you causes you to feel the need to establish dominance and protect your territory in the airplane
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Or on the flip side, get excited when you know it will be easier, as in not saving the plane from certian doom a few feet from the ground.
 
c172captain said:
Or you're so suspicious of them that you're always on your toes and you can't enjoy the flight :insane:
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Or you get in their Bonanza (this guy had over 15,000 hours) and you (this instructor had 6,000 and was ex navy) are told "don't you dare touch a F***ing thing." Then on approach to landing you sit back and watch this 15k pilot unable to handle the dutch roll characteristics of an Bonanza v-tail.

Needless to say the 15k hour guy commented on how horrible that characteristic was and the CFI told him he wasn't allowed to touch anything this flight but would be glad to go up on another ride and teach him how to fly his plane. They ended up going up again.
 
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