Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Occasionally I am forced to encounter an old timer who with their wealth of experience amounting to 500 hours over 40 years of flying decides to argue with me the instructor. Usually it is during a BFR and often it is about how to properly enter the traffic pattern.
Upon reaching the moment where the old timer tells me that he does not care what I have to say and that he is going to do it his way only is when I declare the lesson to be over. Why would I give a BFR to someone who openly admits to breaking with the rules or conventional aviation procedure?
I don't want my name in that guys logbook. Why don't they just lie to me and get through the BFR? Not smart or professional. In many cases I think they just keep on flying without a BFR. Hobby pilots are hard to deal with.
Skyhigh
That is certainly a tough situation. What RULES is he breaking about traffic pattern entries and can you give some examples of the conventional aviation wisdom that he does not follow.
Having had MANY conversations with you over the years, both on the forums and privately, you are certainly a stalwart when it comes to YOUR opinion and I wonder if you might be the kind of instructor who thinks that his way is the ONLY way to skin that particular cat.
Of course we are only hearing one side on the story here.
As this forum often does a good job of pointing out - there are MANY opinions out there on the simpliest of ideas, recommendations, procedures, regulations, laws, etc....
USMCFLYR