I don't think I entirely agree here. The OP posted in the Flight Training forum. I think anyone that has been at a point in their flight training where they were discouraged or had a bad flight instructor should chime in with some advice to help him along. I think LAFF was a little out of line telling him that he should have soloed and have had several hours of solo at 10 hours... That doesn't make any sense to me... But as far as people like myself who are a little further along in the training that have -constructive- advice, I don't think we should be told to shut up and leave it to the pros. Just my $.02 though

Shortone - I'm pretty sure that it is a unanimous decision that you need to pursue changing your flight instructor. It is entirely possible that your CFI is a good guy and a good aviator and your personalities just don't mesh for some reason. Like everyone has said, it's your money, it's your flight training, it's your decision on who you fly with.

Oh, and don't get too down on yourself. There are going to be points in your flight training where you ask yourself "What the hell am I doing?". I actually remember having a couple of doubts right around ten hours or so, completely out of the blue. I was progressing well and I was very comfortable and confident. For some reason I just started getting really critical of my own abilities and felt like I wasn't doing good enough. I honestly had to ask myself if this is what I really wanted. The answer was a resounding "YES, why would I do anything else? I absolutely love flying!", but the point is that we all have our doubts every once in a while. There are a lot of things that you as a human being must adjust to to become comfortable hurtling through the air in a small aluminum box. Just be sure to pay particular attention to aerodynamics and aircraft systems. Knowing the science behind flying will probably make you a lot more comfortable doing it. And then once you get more comfortable you should notice a huge increase in your progress through your flight training.


P.S - Maybe your trying to do too much at once? You might consider slowing down on studying for the Private Pilot written and just study your tail off on things that you need to know at your point in training. That should probably be mostly Basic Aero, Aircraft systems and instruments, and the more important FAA regs. Of course that's just a suggestion from another student, take it for what it is worth.

*EDIT* - Sgt, I think I may have misunderstood your post. I'm sorry if that is the case