Originally Posted by
November Seven
I'm approaching things a bit different this time by lining up a number of Instructors and paying each one for Flight Lesson Number #1. I will then eliminate one or more Instructors and then pay for Flight Lesson Number #2. Go through the process of elimination again and pay for Flight Lesson Number #3. I don't mind repeating the early lessons in this way because it also gives me exposure to different teaching approaches, attitudes in the cockpit and it reinforces early lessons concretely.
I was going to reply based on PRSGuitar's post, and suggest that you've shown a good attitude here, but then I went back to read your posts a bit more thoroughly.
Your comments above strike me as ridiculous, though perhaps well intentioned. Poor idea.
Your plan, it seems, is to move into a turbojet aircraft as soon as you can. In your searching, you've probably encountered references to the "fork-tailed doctor killer" and the reputation of the Cessna 210 as the same. If you haven't, these were higher end single engine piston airplanes, more expensive and owned by doctors and lawyers, stereotypically. The reason for the reputation was owners who stepped into higher performance, attempting to run before they could walk, and who put broke up airplanes in thunderstorms, flew them into mountains, and spiraled out of the sky at night and in the clouds.
I was under the impression initially that you were seeking to begin a career as a pilot. A career is quite different than buying and flying. Pilots who progress through employment are put in controlled situations in which they receive regular training, checking, and compete to be hired. Constant evaluation, and a gradual exposure over time with increasing experience in years and hours is different than buying, owning, flying (even with a master plan to swap out instructors every hour and have a "mentor"). You're already taking a lot for granted, it seems, not the least of which is your ability to direct your training and future based on your own overconfidence in your ability to research and know.
You'll be far better off getting some training as directed by those who regularly train, than attempting to make that decision for others.
Based on what you've said, I'd refuse you as a student.