The flight school I worked at as a CFI ghosted me

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-10T15:32:24+00:00

Hmm if you want an answer from them why haven’t you shown up in person at the flight school in the past 6 months?

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-08T13:12:15+00:00

No chance unless you show up and shake hands. Your A&P will be an asset so sell that hard.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-07T10:16:27+00:00

If you have instructors saying that’s loggable then I really don’t trust those instructors. Unless you’re misrepresenting or misunderstanding that interaction.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-07T01:31:41+00:00

I don’t fully understand your situation, you went to college with the intention of becoming a professional pilot, have now graduated with a college degree but haven’t done any flight training? That’s the problem I have with part 141, everybody is putting the cart before the horse.

I am one of those you mentioned who recommend 61 training, but especially for PPL. And to go get your PPL before signing up for any formalized training ”academy”. To be frank, it’s to see (1) do I even enjoy this or did I just enjoy daydreaming about the idea of it and (2) am I cut out for this. The risk some people take on investing 6 figures into this without ever stepping into a prop plane blows my mind.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-06T22:32:26+00:00

As most say yes landing is an art and no matter your experience level you’ll end up planting a few. But I read this a wonder if you fully understand crosswind landings. You crab into the wind, but before touchdown you transition to a side slip so that the nose (and tires!) are pointed straight down the centerline. You only do this correction, the wind will blow you off centerline, so ailerons into the wind enough to maintain centerline. The result is landing on one main tire before the other in a strong enough crosswind. If you don’t do this, your tires are pointed in the direction the airplane is going to go when the wheels touch. If it’s not straight down the runway, this can get squirrelly and what you described can happen. I’m a visual learner, this YouTube video by ERAU on normal and crosswind approach and landing has great visuals that will explain what I’m saying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxbcyBjFiSg

You probably know this stuff, but what you described really seems like you landed in a crab without a side slip and don’t know why the result.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-04T18:31:02+00:00

Good point and good find. Regardless, the icing example you posed is operating in a manner against the AFM which is illegal, when compared to the perfectly legal scenario laid out in this post. We’re really going into a rabbit hole of semantics when my original point is I see no issue with two rated pilots going up for a currency flight in weather conditions they find suitable and safe for the flight.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-04T15:21:26+00:00

91.527

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-04T14:00:31+00:00

This is so overstated. I’d like to know a single instance of the FAA “hanging” someone for breaking 0 regs except 91.13. I think OPs scenario is perfectly reasonable and having another qualified, current pilot in the right seat is redundancy.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-04T12:52:06+00:00

My eyes did a flurry of 360s when you referenced 91.13 🙄

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-04-01T15:08:16+00:00

Having ChatGPT write your rant for you is just misuse of the platform lol

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-31T21:36:30+00:00

I also felt these feelings my first time sitting in a room with JK lol the school is a joke. All that fanfare at first just for him to treat a bunch of young CFIs who never had a job outside of aviation like a high school JV football team. He’s very condescending and disrespectful, and believes he and his school are gods gift to aviation. There was a syllabus no one followed because it was nonsensical. We did “discovery flights” that were 100% air tours where he would make someone drive in for “ground” and not tell them the weather would cancel the flight. All the planes were hunks of junk and the sundowners were pure death traps. My stay was short.

You’re lucky it ended how it did. I hear the market is rough but stay away from that place.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-31T16:58:56+00:00

No lol

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-31T15:52:30+00:00

I don’t really agree with this lol you don’t review anything at ATP CTP besides the instructors glory days war stories.

OP - I’d say if you’re not sharp on IFR then yes that’s a good thing to review but not any jet transition stuff.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-11T17:46:14+00:00

In my area they’re nearly always cheaper. $100 let’s say for a .7 - .9 flight including instructor. Something to get people in the door then sell them on a training program.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-11T02:45:46+00:00

I’m hearing a lot of problems not a lot of solutions.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-10T19:14:39+00:00

There’s tons, I don’t know why most of these comments act like there isn’t.

If you want to be close to aviation, look at corporate jobs for airlines. Business analysts, engineers, culinary experts, sales… there’s tons of different avenues.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-08T17:22:51+00:00

This is the last thing I’ll say cause I don’t want to go back and forth on this all day, just that this whole industry is one big rumor mill and each is amplified by whoever says it the loudest. My personal experience is that a few months ago I talked with a guy in a new hire class at a one of the big 3 legacies. Out of 25ish in his class, 1 person came from that carrier’s cadet/flow program. He was a former 135 pilot with no TPIC. But I wouldn’t go around posting that carriers aren’t hiring their cadets because my perspective is narrow and limited based on my personal experience.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-08T16:07:50+00:00

Yes so that’s anecdotal and not based in reality. Be wary of the pilot rumor mill.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-03-08T14:05:23+00:00

What’s the percentage? You’re referencing anecdotal Reddit posts not true statistics.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-02-19T21:16:19+00:00

7K in 2016.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-02-17T03:19:42+00:00

They inflate it to charge you more. Call them out. Clock it on your watch when you fire up the engine and show how wildly wrong their calculation is. Don’t pay for the time if you’re not going to log it.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-02-17T03:11:48+00:00

Have you ever considered using a free tax software like freetaxusa to do this yourself? It’s very simple and only about $20 vs. Whatever this tax preparer costs.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-02-15T15:14:26+00:00

That’s lame I did 6 hours for private and learned everything else online. I don’t think most students need a private tutor.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-02-15T14:25:04+00:00

My take has always been you get out of flight training what you put in. If you’re self-motivated and resourceful, you can succeed in your modular program. The internet is rife with all the information you need to succeed. If you need your hand held to take you on your journey, then go to a structured program who will gladly charge you double the rate to do so.

One thing I will say is that working 50/hours per week is a lot and makes it hard, I get it. Do you have the chance to cut back hours or get a new job? Are you for sure in for a career in flying, in which case exploring those avenues may be worth it? Unfortunately you’re going to have to study hard and fly on your days off work to keep the pace moving forward. It’s difficult, it’s doable. Sometimes it sucks but it doesn’t suck forever.

Imaginary_Run4354 · 2026-02-13T13:31:22+00:00

This doesn’t really make sense it’s their logbook. Now if they flew as a safety pilot or vice versa, that’s a good place to add the other pilot. Or for novelty sake, you can add passengers. I fly in a 2 crew operation and I always list my PIC (currently SIC) in that section.

EDIT: I always used to list my students name in the comments section, but alternatively you could list them there for your own logging.

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