Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
"Goods and others"... I haven't heard that phrase, but it must be the same post flight debrief I do with my own students. In the FAA world the students want to get through their programs as fast as possible because they must pay for every hour, and in military you have students who are hopefully motivated by nature and money does not matter quite as much. One thing is for sure for both groups: flying is wonderful. I can do 25 hops in a row where a hop takes about 30 minutes, and still be enthusiastic about going out to do some more flying. My body will finally say hey, you're tired and not safe for further action, but my heart always says let's go do it.
Political correctness term that TopGun institued on us
What a student did RIGHT OR WRONG, or calling it GOOD and BAD just is too 'in your face' nowadays - so GOOD and OTHERS (not necessarily BAD or WRONG) is the newest buzz term. They probably wouldn't like my debrief style when I look at the kid in the face and say - "man.....you really messed that up!"
I've always heard about instructor burnout at all levels of instructing in the military - and I'm sure it is no different in the civilian world. I often red other posters on this site talking about how boring it is to drill circles around the pattern day in and day out. Most often the advice is to instruct advanced phases - instrument, multi-engine, do BFR and IPCs, etc.... I agree. I am very lucky that in my position I have the chance to instruct many different phases, and inside those individual phases there are many different and interesting flights. Throw some maintenance flights or the odd opportunity for some admin cross-country legs (like ferrying jets) around the country and I'm coming up on 7 years instructing and have never had the problem of instructor burnout (fingers crossed that I don't).
USMCFLYR