Anyone else loathe studying?

[rumpletumbler]

I guess I've passed a milestone in life somewhere. I used to not mind it much but I'm working on my CFII and I just HATE studying. Anyone else?

 

[Flechas]

Better get used to it, it never ends

 

[Frmr Avro Drvr]

I guess I've passed a milestone in life somewhere. I used to not mind it much but I'm working on my CFII and I just HATE studying. Anyone else?

Just wait until you take training at a Part 121 job. 5-8 hours of studying every night after 8 hours of ground school. I guess it is all about motivation.

Don't get me wrong, I would rather be drinking beer on the beach than studying but drinking beer doesn' build a career. Unless you have a career as an actor on beer commercials that is.

Find your motivation. Be the airplane. Visualize the ILS. Flying is all Zen anyway.

 

[minitour]

I don't mind it so much...

What I do mind is studying my ass off for months and months and not being able to put any of the knowledge to use in the airplane because...oh...we only have two of them and there's 18 people that need to fly them.

...or "weather"...yeah, the weather was so bad Sunday that I wore shorts and a short sleve shirt on the golf course and got a sun burn...yeah...weather is just hindering me so much....

...or "maintenence"...yep...those guys on the other side of the wall sure look like they're in a hurry to do the 100 hour inspections on the 10 airplanes that need them...uh huh...

What I mind...is the excuses.

Studying is nothing...learning is fun...excuses are killer weak lame.

-mini

 

[qmaster3]

Mini,

My wife just asked me about your avatar....THANKSSSSSS.

You need to go to an FBO with more than two planes..IMHO.

q

 

[User546]

I used to not mind it much but I'm working on my CFII and I just HATE studying. Anyone else?

I never had a problem studying before, and could do it for hours on end, but I found myself completely burned out after I started working on my instructor ratings.

I think I just had reached the point that I had studied so hard, for so many months that when it came to engross myself in the instructor stuff where you have to break apart and get in detail with EVERY LITTLE THING, it just overloaded me, and I went downhill fast.

Towards the end of my third instructor rating, I could barely motivate myself to even pick up a book and study for the check ride.

But you'll get over it, and things'll return to normal once things slow down a bit. Maybe you should take a few days or a week off and just not study or look at anything aviation related - might do you some good, and refresh your mind a little.

 

[Goose Egg]

I used to have trouble, but now, frankly, I can't get enough--there is just so much to know out there. I suppose I really needed to have a shift in thinking to allow myself to get to that point though. Before, even though I was a fairly good pilot, I was just concerned with meeting minimum standards; I'd gotten my ratings and I was now "cool" and "knew everything" and I didn't want anyone to take that away from me. But now that I've learned to look at flying as a craft, my goal has become mastery of that craft. When viewed in that context, the learning required to master flying is nearly endless. Studying is nearly effortless now.

-Goose

 

[logansun]

Great point Goose! I wish I had more time in a day to study.

 

[cforst513]

i have a classic case of senioritis. granted, i am talking about college and not studying flying-related stuff, but i cannot tell you the last time that i did homework or studied. sad thing is, i 'neglected' to study for my astronomy 100 (haha, electives!) exam and got a 95% on it, highest in the class. i just attribute that to my stunning intelect...

i'd rather read my gleim private pilot books and rod machado's p.p. handbook than do ANYTHING related to my college work. less than 100 days and i'm outta here!

 

[minitour]

Actually, I have hit kind of a mental block. Wondering if anyone can help me out here.

Okay, so I understand why we need a basic working knowledge of aircraft systems. Why does this happen? What causes that to happen?

But why is it that our check airman is doinking people on stage checks because they can't:
1. Recite word for word the airworthiness certificate? Registration certificate?
2. Draw exactly as drawn in the POH the electrical system? Fuel system? Hydraulic System? etc?
3. Tell him what the fuel caps are made out of?

Stuff like that.

I realize that yes, I need to know what happens when I get an overcharging situation in the electrical system. And I understand that I have to know why the landing gear might not lock down if I lose hydraulic pressure when the gear is up. And okay, sure...I need to know why or what could cause an airworthiness or registration certificate to become invalid.

But why do I need to draw in such intricate detail, the systems of the aircraft? I'm not going to be performing maintenence on it. That's why we have mechanics. They went through the training and know what to do...I didn't. I want to learn how to fly the thing.

I'm struggling with motivation (those of you working on your CFI or that have CFI will know what I mean) and it's really hindering my ability to pick this stuff up.

I can tell you all sorts of neat s**t about the systems, but what I can't seem to do is draw, exactly as it is in the POH, the systems. A general diagram? Sure...the fuel system is actually pretty close to what is in the POH, but I'm told that if I go to him with that diagram, I'll bust.

I don't know. Maybe I'm way way the hell off base here, but it seems to me that if someone can talk to you about a system and explain everything to you, that should be sufficient for a pilot or pilot instructor certificate, no?

Again...any motivation (other than "that's what the examiner wants...I don't buy that...the examiner also wants to see me turn off the carb heat on final...but that's another thread) would be great! I need to get this done and quick if I'm going to get a job!

Thanks!

-mini

PS
Sorry it got long.