slyoldtel wrote:So I have now had three lessons with three different instructors. One of them was really good and the lesson was what I expected - i.e enjoyable. The other two I wasn't really happy with.
I am thinking maybe I should try a different school. The only problem is that it's a bit further away and with my budget, it would mean I could only do 3, maybe 4 lessons a month as opposed to 4/5 at the more local airfield.
At this stage, I feel I really want to continue flying, I'm just not 100% happy with the lessons I've had. Not sure what to do now!
Well, certainly trying the other school would be worth it, if only to give you more information. You might decide to try and stick with the instructor you liked.
But after three lessons, only one of which you liked, can you articulate the fundamental differences? Certainly in the first one, not being completely clear when you're flying and when not is a deal breaker. And mediocre briefings and debriefings likewise.
But if you're going to try another school, it would be good to be as clear as possible on what it is you're looking for.
I clicked with my very first instructor, where I had my first 5 hours. One of these was at a different school, and I didn't click so much with the instructor there, but it wouldn't have put me off wanting to learn to fly.
Then when I started again with the excellent instructor and now decades-long good friend that took me to PPL and IMC, I clicked with him too, although some aspects of his style were pretty hard to deal with at times. I can imagine some people absolutely hating it and being completely unable to work with it, and indeed one of his students was in tears on more than one occasion.
I also had two brilliant instructors (one for aeros, one for instrument training) when I lived in the USA for a while.
So I've been very lucky. I do sometimes wonder, though, if to some extent we make our own luck. I'm not sure quite what I mean by that, so there's no point asking!