You know you're a CFI when...

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bdhill1979 said:
Oh man I did that on purpose when I was instructing in the Arrow, when they were looking at the runway slide that dimmer switch up and see if they are actually checking 3 green 3 times before landing like I taught them. I think only one guy caught it the first time I pulled it on him.
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I do it every other landing in the Twin Star: the dimmer knob is just too perfect for the gambit. My students get sick of it pretty quickly :p
 
ILS37R said:
I do it every other landing in the Twin Star: the dimmer knob is just too perfect for the gambit. My students get sick of it pretty quickly :p
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How do you reach right in front of their face without their noticing? I'd like to do that to my students more. I guess in the beginning they don't know enough to associate the two?
 
c172captain said:
What's that from?
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Yoke?

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I love pulling the circuit breaker in the 182RG, there is movement down there that is misleading.
Still though, we had one student try to land with the gear up, without a light.
Honestly, It is a 182RG, turn your head and mystery solved.


Edit: I should include that the history of that plane has two gear up landings. Not bad for a '78, but looks like we are due for this decade now. :)
 
ILS37R said:
...your student goes around because they didn't have three green and are about to declare an emergency when you calmly reach over and turn the nav lights off.

...you have a recurrent bruise on your left thigh.
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i personally like to use the circuit breaker for the gear lights/indication system. because they can hear the pump, but they don't get 3 green. it is fun watching them try to troubleshoot it because there isn't a checklist for it
 
It finally happened to day!

One of my students finally said it!

Student: Departure, Cessna xyz, Three east, level 2,000, east practice area.

Departure: Cessna xyz, altimeter 30.15, say altitude.

Student: Altitude, xyz.

Departure: Cessna xyz, say the current altitude that you are climbing through!



I thought it was hilarious.
The controller was already peeved prior to us switching over. He did not think it was funny...

My instructing resume is complete, I can move on now. :bandit:
 
Douglas said:
It finally happened to day!

One of my students finally said it!

Student: Departure, Cessna xyz, Three east, level 2,000, east practice area.

Departure: Cessna xyz, altimeter 30.15, say altitude.

Student: Altitude, xyz.

Departure: Cessna xyz, say the current altitude that you are climbing through!



I thought it was hilarious.
The controller was already peeved prior to us switching over. He did not think it was funny...

My instructing resume is complete, I can move on now. :bandit:
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No, no, your resume isn't complete until:

ATC: Cessna xyz, say intentions!
Student: My intention to become commercial pilot!
 
Douglas said:
It finally happened to day!

One of my students finally said it!

Student: Departure, Cessna xyz, Three east, level 2,000, east practice area.

Departure: Cessna xyz, altimeter 30.15, say altitude.

Student: Altitude, xyz.

Departure: Cessna xyz, say the current altitude that you are climbing through!



I thought it was hilarious.
The controller was already peeved prior to us switching over. He did not think it was funny...

My instructing resume is complete, I can move on now. :bandit:
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haha, i have heard that one before! there was another time where the controller kept asking for the student to "say position" well you can guess.....
 
I heard a good one today from another CFI whose student had gotten radio fright...
"Cessna XYZU is....um....3500 north of the field....um....16..ummm...we want to land with ahh zulu..."
 
A couple of weeks ago, one of my students had another golden nugget with:

"XYZ traffic, Sex-nna...I mean uhhhhhhhh"

The next day he caught himself so it came out as:
"XYZ traffic, sex..."


It took everything in my power not to laugh, both days.
 
Ive never had anyone that bad, however, I have had students who couldnt get the phonetic alphabet correct for something the 11R, they would say 11 Romeo and then they would call themselves Cherokee 3221Right.

But most are pretty good if you have them buy a transceiver and make them practice.
 
That same guy had something like that too. Once he asked me if he had to say "sierra" and could he just say "sussie"

wat??? :confused:
 
Crockrocket94 said:
Ive never had anyone that bad, however, I have had students who couldnt get the phonetic alphabet correct for something the 11R, they would say 11 Romeo and then they would call themselves Cherokee 3221Right.

But most are pretty good if you have them buy a transceiver and make them practice.
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One of my great pet peeves in aviation is the so-called "phonetic" alphabet. Having studied linguistics, when I think "phonetic alphabet," I think IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), which is a much more technical and entirely different beast. IPA is phonetic in a literal sense that the aviation/military version is not. Unless you're breaking words down into phonemes, phonetic your alphabet is not.

There's nothing wrong with what we use in aviation--it's entirely appropriate and useful--it's just poorly labeled. But, alas, the usage of the term is so widespread that this is not a battle I can win.
 
c172captain said:
What's that from?
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The bruise? Looking out the window or at the instruments or control surfaces when your student suddenly and decisively decides to verify flight controls are free and correct. For some reason they always twist the yoke to left first.

Ouch.
 
When your students get in touch a year after you've left that particular airfield to ask if you know a good instrument instructor.

Always nice to think that your opinion counts and you make some impression...
 
One that I heard a while back:

Tower: "Cessna XYZ, cleared to land runway 9L."

Cessna: "Which runway is that"

Tower: "The one with the big '9L' on it."
 
ILS37R said:
No, no, your resume isn't complete until:

ATC: Cessna xyz, say intentions!
Student: My intention to become commercial pilot!
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During my CFI single checkride:

Tower (to an aircraft that had just landed): Say intentions

Aircraft: we're going to go to the restaurant and have lunch, and then we'll go home.

Tower: Roger!

As we were cleared for takeoff (My DPE): We're cleared for takeoff, and we're going to have lunch later!
 
Not a CFI but read this in a foreign forum:

Nervous student pilot on solo XC was cleared to land on 27.
Touched down on the parallel taxiway A.

Aircraft stopped and heard was:

"D-EXYZ, that was cool, I never landed at an Airport with parallel runways!"

The TWR Controller just responded:

"You still have not, but you can continue taxi, take a right where the big green building is"
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I realized my Grandfather, Father & Uncle had to be CFI's when I noticed strategically planted triangular scars on their foreheads.
Yes, we are a Cessna household.
 
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