Originally Posted by
block30
I hate to sound like a whiner, but at 150 pounds, I am out-sized by almost every student of mine. Sometimes by nearly twice my weight. (Especially the sport applicants, whose especially large girth makes going in for a medical look like a losing proposition.)
1) You'd be amazed at what you can do when the adrenaline is flowing.
2) A former chief instructor I know carried a 2 C-cell mag light because she was very small and had a student lock up on her once. That light would provide more than adequate persuasion.
3) While sport pilots may fly without a medical, they can not do so if they have a condition that would disqualify them from a medical. You may be opening yourself up to some nasty liability when one kills somebody and they see your signature in the logbook. The primary reason the flight school I used to work at hasn't done sport pilot is the intrest has primarily come from this type of person.