Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:01 pm
#1622139
My logbooks show a 10 year gap between my first 4h 30m of instruction and the remainder. That to a very large extent was due to me getting the strong impression from school 1 that really it would be less inconvenience if I would just send them weekly cheques.
When I restarted with a new school that had not long opened I found it to be much more agreeable. Even then in the early days there was a mix of instructors, all lovely people to be sure but of varying effectiveness for me as the pupil. Then I got Rod who pretty much saw me through the remainder, a great instructor, very relaxed, knew when to shut up, when to speak up or take back control so I consider myself very fortunate.
I have been in other flying schools where the 'vibe' made me glad that I wasn't a student. So I can relate to some of what @Cheney Jawa has been through.
When I restarted with a new school that had not long opened I found it to be much more agreeable. Even then in the early days there was a mix of instructors, all lovely people to be sure but of varying effectiveness for me as the pupil. Then I got Rod who pretty much saw me through the remainder, a great instructor, very relaxed, knew when to shut up, when to speak up or take back control so I consider myself very fortunate.
I have been in other flying schools where the 'vibe' made me glad that I wasn't a student. So I can relate to some of what @Cheney Jawa has been through.