So guys, I have an instrument student that is most of the way through learning approaches and headed towards cross countries. He's had a pretty rough time so far, been at it for about a year and a half with big gaps, ~4 instructors, etc. I picked him up about 3 months ago...due to scheduling problems and weather, we've only flown 5 times in the last 2 months and consequently, he's not making much progress, and he knows it.
Well, today we had a talk and he's thinking about quitting all together due to being distracted, discouraged, and frustrated. I ensured to him that he's getting there and its just going to require flying more and working harder. But, the impression I got back was that in his head, flying more just means burning more money and he still won't make much progress...because thats whats been happening to him for the last 1 1/2 years.
Does anyone have any advice for what I should do to handle this? I need to get him encouraged to finish it off and to stop thinking so much about where he is and just worry about learning.
Thanks much guys, I appreciate it.
Well, today we had a talk and he's thinking about quitting all together due to being distracted, discouraged, and frustrated. I ensured to him that he's getting there and its just going to require flying more and working harder. But, the impression I got back was that in his head, flying more just means burning more money and he still won't make much progress...because thats whats been happening to him for the last 1 1/2 years.
Does anyone have any advice for what I should do to handle this? I need to get him encouraged to finish it off and to stop thinking so much about where he is and just worry about learning.
Thanks much guys, I appreciate it.