Originally Posted by
BigFellor
Yea .. I'm a dispatcher for a regional, and told one of my first instructors that about 7 times. We would chat about the job and such. So about two weeks into training, he was looking at prog charts, and METARs before our flight and says "Eh, dont worry about this for now, you'll be able to read all this soon enough." That was my cue that he really wasnt all that into instructing ME. See ya!
I'd agree and I'd disagree with the instructor--depending on the students aviation background. I would agree that sometimes you need to push something to the back burner for the time being. For example, pre-solo private students asking about going on cross countries. I'd tell them let's not get ahead of ourselves. Focus on soloing first, then get through the stage check and we'll take the next step to XCs.
At the same time, I disagree because on subjects like weather that play an active role in training from day one I wanted students to start taking small steps right away--especially if the student knows something about weather and a 121 dispatcher would.
It sounds like this guy was just not the best fit for you. He should have taken your aviation experience into account and tailored your flight training program with that in mind. Part of instructing is to build on what a student already knows and being a dispatcher you had a leg up on a lot of things.
I hope you moved on to an instructor who could do a better job for YOU. You move on faster and save some money with the best instructor for you!