Originally Posted by
November Seven
And, that underlies my dilemma. How is it possible for the student to wrap their head around the totality of everything they are responsible for learning, retaining and executing - when their learning style absolutely requires drilling down to a level of minute detail on every single subject they study - which as you say, causes the CFI to truncate the process because they have a personal hang-up with a highly detail oriented student?
Which gets back to my original question about the CFI's actual Teaching capacity. The absolute best Teachers in the world thrive on highly detailed questions from students, because they use them as springboards to connect dots in the students mind.
A detailed, in-depth, approach to learning the material would be welcomed by any CFI worth his salt. I was referring over-analyzing the instructional process, or the instructor-student relationship during training.
Originally Posted by
November Seven
Looking at the equation from the opposite end, one could say that given the number of GA incidents by otherwise licensed pilots that something is wrong with either the System on the back-end or the Training on the front-end. Thus, the reason I traverse through the weeds to find the truth of the matter before I begin my training.
The training system is a bit antiquated, although the FAA's recent emphasis on flight management and judgement, in addition to just technical skills, is a step in the right direction.
Fundamentally, the "problem" is the regulatory framework is far more permissive than most modern Americans are accustomed to. It provides great flexibility for highly skilled and experienced pilots to do things which would be dangerous for many other pilots. For safety it relies very much on individual responsibility, not so much the built-in systemic protections we are accustomed to in most other aspects of life.
It can run the full spectrum, your choice. Motorcycle analogy again.... anything from a 19 year-old with a brand-new ducati tearing up a two-lane mountain road on Friday night, to an MD and his wife on a big cruiser riding the coast highway at 45 mph on Sunday morning.
Use generous personal minimums while building experience and you'll be fine.
Originally Posted by
November Seven
That's what I wanted to hear. I don't want to end up upside down in IMC (basically inverted for all practical sake), no idea where my horizon is located, yanking back on the yoke as the airspeed indicator rips through 400 kts. Unless, of course, I'm flying an F-22 in which case - that might actually be fun. In a Phenom 300.... not so much.
You'll be fine. Just make sure you can hand-fly your plane in IMC (and deal with unusual attitudes). Aerobatic training would be a great idea, enhances your SA and comfort in any attitude. But unusual attitude training teaches you how to get out of unusual attitudes without wrecking the plane (aerobatic planes are much stronger than normal aircraft).