Miscellaneous wrote:defcribed wrote:Most people who video an activity of any sort, be it flying, bungee jumping or underwater basket-weaving, post it somewhere.
All I'm trying to point out is that by even asking an instructor if they can do it they're causing a problem. Most instructors (most people) would rather not if they had the choice, but they may also be worried about causing offence if they refuse. It's a no-win situation. I'd have hoped that someone considering the idea would have had the forethought to figure this out and not ask in the first place. If it really is a learning aid of any value for debriefing then I'm sure the instructor or school would suggest it.
In your own words you say most... and you may well be correct, however to come on a forum with such an assumption to aggressively state what you have (putting words in his mouth and then slating him for those words) I find a tad unnecessary, when in fact you have no knowledge of the forumite posting the question.
If you read through the thread you will see another 'dick head's' decision to ask the question of the school and FI paid dividends for him. Although having spent 15-20 mins on the phone to that particular forumite just yesterday I'm very much of the opinion he is far from being a dick head.
I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of an instructor who receives such a request. The fact that a student tells you they won't put it on the internet, or that they have no plans to put it on the internet, doesn't mean that it won't end up on the internet.
What happens when the student falls out with the school or the instructor and starts slagging them off? What happens when a video of you giving a lesson (which maybe wasn't the best one you ever gave) appears on YouTube, selectively edited to make you look like a prat, a tyrant or just plain incompetent?
This adds nothing at all and is just a distraction. The student is there to learn to fly, not to make movies. Want to spot your mistakes? The instructor will spot them for you, that's what he or she is paid for. You probably won't spot them.
To those who've said they do this - I guarantee you that your instructor reluctantly tolerates it rather than embraces it, whatever they may say to your face. Instructors don't want to lose students, especially ones who fly (and pay) regularly.
I'm into old man mode now, but this is really just another example of how people in the modern world seem unable to just get on and do things. If they're seeing or doing something fun or exciting, being in the moment just isn't enough anymore, they have to have their cameras or phones out photographing it or videoing it. Do something, see something, enjoy it and keep the memories. You don't need a photo or a video of it.
Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.