TwoTwoLeft
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You might be a CFI if....
...you've told everyone in the bar you're a CFI.
...you've told everyone in the bar you're a CFI.
You might be a CFI if...
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Chief Captain
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when you can spot a good/bad landing from the downwind
when the airplane is stalled, and you let it stay there for a while before you recover
when the controllers call you by name
when the controllers start yelling at your student, and you hear the relief in their voice when you let them know you're on board
when you can draw all the approach charts to all airports within 30nm
when you're turning base, and you're looking at the tire in your 172, and you can tell that the student needs to add power, because he's a wee bit low and a wee bit slow
the idea of an actual single engine landing in a multi really doesn't bother you that much
you haven't done a full preflight in weeks/months
an E6-B is easier to use than a CX-2
If you have to fly by yourself one day, you go for the right seat. You then decide to sit in the left seat, because you need to maintain your left seat currency...
...you hope nobody saw the left seat landing you just did.
You take a non-student flying, and it feels weird because you think you should be explaining something
when the airplane is stalled, and you let it stay there for a while before you recover
when the controllers call you by name
when the controllers start yelling at your student, and you hear the relief in their voice when you let them know you're on board
when you can draw all the approach charts to all airports within 30nm
when you're turning base, and you're looking at the tire in your 172, and you can tell that the student needs to add power, because he's a wee bit low and a wee bit slow
the idea of an actual single engine landing in a multi really doesn't bother you that much
you haven't done a full preflight in weeks/months
an E6-B is easier to use than a CX-2
If you have to fly by yourself one day, you go for the right seat. You then decide to sit in the left seat, because you need to maintain your left seat currency...
...you hope nobody saw the left seat landing you just did.
You take a non-student flying, and it feels weird because you think you should be explaining something
Michael95U
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.....when driving in the car, you say clear left and clear right before pulling out into an intersection.
p1l07m4n
SF340 Pirate, First Mate
or call it out for your friends when they are driving.
msmspilot
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Ok, that one really did make me laugh. Because it's true.
My wife and I used to drive a semi truck as team drivers. If we were both up front (as we often were in town, looking for the shipper/receiver), we'd call clear right for each other. Visibility out the front in those things is great. Past 90 degrees, it sucks.
p1l07m4n
SF340 Pirate, First Mate
A couple from today...
...when you've been doing nothing but cross country flights for the last 3 weeks, and take a call for your student with the local approach control, and they welcome you back and ask where you had disappeared to.
...when you subconsciously try to will your student to start turns in the pattern by leaning into the direction of the turns.
...you know its true when your students start looking for your leans.
...when you see an ERJ-170 on a 5 mile final, and know that if you demonstrate a power-off 180, you can beat them in, and not have to fly a super long downwind (over a massive lake).
...when people start complaining about these small airplanes (while pointing to a 172), all you can think of is that they would be singing a different tune if they were stuck in a Katana all day long!
...when one of the local tower controllers wants you and your student to do the figure eight patterns around multiple runways, so you can give him a report about the new PAPI Lights.
...you know the solutions to every corn maze within 30 miles of your home airport, and have yet to visit one in person.
...when you've been doing nothing but cross country flights for the last 3 weeks, and take a call for your student with the local approach control, and they welcome you back and ask where you had disappeared to.
...when you subconsciously try to will your student to start turns in the pattern by leaning into the direction of the turns.
...you know its true when your students start looking for your leans.
...when you see an ERJ-170 on a 5 mile final, and know that if you demonstrate a power-off 180, you can beat them in, and not have to fly a super long downwind (over a massive lake).
...when people start complaining about these small airplanes (while pointing to a 172), all you can think of is that they would be singing a different tune if they were stuck in a Katana all day long!
...when one of the local tower controllers wants you and your student to do the figure eight patterns around multiple runways, so you can give him a report about the new PAPI Lights.
...you know the solutions to every corn maze within 30 miles of your home airport, and have yet to visit one in person.
TwoTwoLeft
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TwoTwoLeft
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Your student accidentally spins the airplane and instead of immediately recovering, you start laughing, call them a girl's name and get them to recover.
rframe
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Or look over at them, chuckle with your arms folded, and say "well, what ya planning to do now?".
crazyjaydawg
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Your right arm is incredibly strong because it's been holding the door/window open in the prop wash all day.
Ajax
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All day errrday
cficollegeguy
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ClearedToTakeoff
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Wow, this thread is crazy accurate. Don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
Ash Williams
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If you have ever "Instructor tells/instructor does" a +- 20 feet steep turn, listened to ATIS, contacted approach, and put in the squawk code all before rolling out on heading at the end of the second turn....
Maybe it was kinda mean, but it was fun.
Maybe it was kinda mean, but it was fun.
Chief Captain
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Never thought of that. Good idea.
rframe
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Agreed. I usually record GPS track on my tablet as it's useful in showing consistency/inconsistency with traffic patterns and ground reference maneuvers to the student, so I usually pull that up after the flight and count the red lines to make sure I have the number of landings correct. But will keep this OBS idea in my tool kit.