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Old 02-28-2018, 05:40 PM
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TiredSoul
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May I say I feel you’re overthinking it a little bit...?
Private Pilot is not rocket science nor is it brain surgery.
A Chief Flight Instructor or assistant Chief should assign an instructor to you based on ‘best fit’ and not on whose turn it is to get a student.
That’s what we did anyway.
Part 141 requires stage checks with a designated instructor, usually the Chief.
For one it puts you in a testing environment and get you used to performing while you’re being graded and even more importantly it’s a check on how well your instructor has taught you.
I recommend against self employed instructors who’ve developed their “own system” or who’ve retired from the airlines. Very little of that transfers into teaching little airplanes.
I’ve been a Chief FI, asst Chief and Check Pilot 141 and now fly for an Airline.
Private pilot training should be fun and enjoyable and exciting and rewarding and preferably with somebody you get along with.
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