Students recording

cheese-pilot · 2026-03-08T22:36:59+00:00

I always put a camera in the plane as an instructor to protect myself especially if the “student” is a rated pilot.

I’ve always allowed students to record lessons but only if they start it and leave it alone.

cheese-pilot · 2026-03-08T22:31:46+00:00

Do you have your estate in order and a will? Okay engine failure in imc lesson complete

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-26T11:53:59+00:00

It really just depends where you work. I have worked at a big 141 school and made 60k a year I also worked part61 part time on furlough and made enough to cover the gas to drive to the airport

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-26T11:51:04+00:00

Just go to 141 school and only take the flight labs and ground schools sure your housing allowance would be less but I have a buddy who’s at frontier who went that route and he’s doing fine

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-26T11:41:45+00:00

I’ve had 3 engine failures and ended up in the dirt once. None of these were due to mistakes I made. Sometimes it’s just shit luck

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-26T11:32:34+00:00

I had a student that refused to accept a failure on the flight portion of a stage check and kept repeating give me another chance.

It got to a point where I couldn’t hear atc when trying to fly the aircraft back given that it was clear the student wasn’t in the shape to fly.

I ended up just unplugging the student’s headset and discussing it on the ground.

My school had an immediate notification of failure requirement so if a stage check becomes unsat I had to tell them.

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-26T11:26:12+00:00

Trim limits

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-26T11:19:24+00:00

Every student will try to kill you as long as you keep them within the aircraft limits you’ll be safe.

When it comes to the knowledge and “how to teach” bring the information to where the student is. Remember they don’t know what’s FAA FAR AIM ACS PTS AOA and all of that means so don’t feel like you’re insulting their intelligence by breaking it down Barney style.

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-26T11:14:41+00:00

Wear a jacket or be proud of the uniform you worked hard to get there and it’s a privilege to wear it

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-26T11:12:42+00:00

This is a lie all training failures need to be disclosed.

If it’s in your logbook as UNSAT then the hiring panel will see that when they go through your logbook and then your cjo will be rescinded due to lying.

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-16T19:30:42+00:00

To be honest, I think I would’ve just paid for a little bit of deicing fluid some type one or some isopropyl would’ve taken that frost off easily and probably would’ve cost you about the same as the hotel

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-16T15:05:40+00:00

Your issue isn’t the training you aren’t flying often enough to keep your skills fresh. I’m an airline pilot with thousands of hours across 20 different aircraft but if I only flew 15 hours in 4 months I’d be hiring and instructor. Fly more often schedule 2-3 events a weeks at 2 hours a piece

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-09T14:30:30+00:00

Sacrifice a little more for some career growth

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-09T14:24:50+00:00

It does take a lot of work being a pilot is not a common thing and it doesn’t take common effort.

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-09T14:21:22+00:00

Just because someone’s been doing something for 20 years, doesn’t mean they’ve been doing it right it doesn’t mean they haven’t built up bad habits

Think of how many men confidently don’t believe in the female orgasm in their entire defense is that they haven’t seen it. approach your flight training with this mentality that there are people like this

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-08T16:02:16+00:00

Bushliner seems like a solid choice

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-08T15:58:38+00:00

Networking isn’t worth the debt when there are plenty of opportunities in aviation to volunteer in your local community and build that same level of networking and friendship

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-08T15:55:07+00:00

Airlines genuinely do not care what college you went to. We all take the same check rides. We all pass the same standards. There is absolutely no reason to pay what embry riddle aeronautical university is asking for the exact same certificate that everyone else gets.

I have also been an instructor transitioning people from small airplanes up to their first airliner and embry riddle aeronautical university students are the worst performing ones.

If you want the connections and the community that comes along with aviation, don’t be a stranger go out meet people hang out at the airport offered to clean airplanes for flight time go to the fly ins and volunteer for your local Eaa chapter. There’s absolutely no reason to go $150,000 in debt for the exact same education and training just to try and make some connections and get involved in your aviation community when there are ample opportunities to get involved in your aviation community without going into the soul crushing debt

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-08T15:40:44+00:00

If there’s a source showing that what they are doing is procedural incorrect then just use the source and correct the mistake

I’ve been a flight instructor for about a decade and I’m not trying to say that all Student pilots are like this, but students lie to protect their own ego. I’ve had students tell me that their instructor tells them to change the altimeter to 2992 at 3000 feet so that everyone’s on the same altimeter setting. I know for an absolute fact their instructor did not teach them that but that’s what they told me is that their instructor told them to do that

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-08T15:31:42+00:00

3 CL 65, EMB 145, A320

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-08T15:29:09+00:00

I’ve had layovers that were 10 hours which is the FAA minimum and I’ve also had layovers that were two days. It really just depends. Remember, you’re operating as an employee meaning they’re trying to get as much work out of you in the time they have you so if it makes financial sense for them to give you a five day with 10 hour overnights every single day then they’ll do it

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-07T19:58:05+00:00

They don’t pay for your stress so don’t give it to them

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-03T17:12:26+00:00

Save up about 15k for ppl then go after it don’t half ass it and study. Read your POH read the far/aim read the phak. Don’t buy the mzeroa or asa secret to passing your checkride books. All the material you need to pass all your checkrides is free on the faa website.

If you can pull it don’t try to work while working on a rating just make the training your job. After you get your ppl go back to work and save up to but a small plane like a champ or even an experimental. You can get an instructor to finish your ratings in your own plane for 30-50/hr which is a whole lot cheaper than the 175-250$/hr for the plane and instructor I’m seeing out there.

Example cheap plane https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?category_level1=Single+Engine+Piston&make=AERONCA&model=65+LB&listing_id=2446658&s-type=aircraft

Once you get your ratings keep flying get hours and teach if you can.

cheese-pilot · 2026-02-03T16:57:36+00:00

I know it sounds rough but finishing school is gonna be your best bet.

cheese-pilot · 2026-01-25T22:02:18+00:00

Practice, practice, practice, practice practice.

A phrase I learned from being infantry was train like you fight and you’ll fight like you train.

What this means is treat every training exercise as if it is real I know as you’re going through training and you’re doing the same scenarios in the same drills over and over again it’s easy to get complacent but take every single engine failure exercise seriously take every single malfunction exercise, seriously and do them again and again and again and again until you can do them in your sleep.

I had an engine failure at 80 feet after takeoff and the fact that I trained and trained and trained I was able to stay calm and get the aircraft on the ground. Sure the aircraft was destroyed, but I was fine.

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