Originally Posted by
NE_Pilot
Alright here it comes:
How does a bad/poor student attitude affect YOUR training?? I have never had a poor attituded student affect my training, and I don't see how they would affect your training.
Your right, every student takes the EXACT same amount of time. There are no learning curves, everyone gets everything the first time around, perfectly. If this is what you truly believe, then I feel sorry for your furture students when you sign them off based solely on the amount of Dual they have received and not on their capabilities.
There are also a few ALL ATP Guys who sound just like some of these ERAU grads. If you just replaced ALL ATPS with ERAU, I think it would be a perfect match.
I guess one bad FBO means all FBOs are bad. Its a shame because you can find instructors with much more real-world expeirence at FBOs, not so much at ATP. One of my instructors retired from a career of flying and teaches because he loves to. I think I learned more from him than I would from a 190 hour, brand new, ATP Grad, teaching me.
The problem with half of your X-C time being Safety Pilot time, is that you do not have the expeirence that goes along with the time. You have half the expeirence. You lose out on alot when you simply sit right seat and look out the window for other aircraft.
Real world experience at milking their students out of their money. I do agree not all FBO CFIs lack real world experience.
There is a considerable difference between the Harvard of the Skies and ATP. You're not saying ATP is the same as Harvard of the Skies are you? ATP is for flight training. Harvard of the Skies is for...Debt?
Don't be dramatic and pretend to care about my future students. Its not your place or responsibility unless I work for you. In that case, your expectations will be given thier due from me the loyal / hard-working employee. However, the final say on if they are ready or is mine. I'm not flexible on that responsibility. You can hire someone else if you disagree. There are plenty of CFI jobs out there.
-LAFF