Originally Posted by
avanti
Well I don't think the blame lies only with the school- the lack of 5000 foot ceilings necessary to practice engine out maneuvers, and the fact that I live outside of the US and can only train on my vacation time from work are factors that haven't helped the process. Still, I wonder what is wrong with me as I am still not done yet. I don't want to bad mouth my FBO as they helped me get through private in a timely manner, but since then my (excellent) instructor left and I have been passed off between four other CFIs.
Someone is definitely using you for multi- time. And the whole thing with the ceilings is that there isn't that much that you have to do with the engine actually shut down and feathered. If you can follow a checklist to shut down and secure an engine and then restart it, then you are good to go. The rest of the maneuvers and procedures with the engine in sim-feather or prop windmilling can be done at any safe altitude.