Female CFI's

[80/20]

Go for it FlyGirlFelicia - become a CFI !
A person should be judged on their performance and not on gender, race, age, rank ….. and so on.

 

[Standby 1]

I CFI'd for a bit (only around 800 hrs) and in that time I can only remember one gentleman who, upon discovering that I was the CFI assigned to conduct his checkout, said that he would feel more comfortable flying with a male pilot. Hey, that's cool...didn't bother me a bit. As previously mentioned, there are also quite a few females who felt more comfortable with a female instructor. No big deal either way. If you want to fly for a living, you take these kind of things in stride no matter what your gender is. It's all cool....



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[Crosswind79]

Don't know if this counts for the mile high club, but I went up with my girlfriend in college and didn't want to risk too much cause no autopilot....So I let her "take the stick" if you know what I mean - In retrospect I should have done it with the female CFI....Loved flying in August when she wore short shorts and tiny tank-tops.....

 

[Styles]

I had two female CFIs.... they were both bitches.

yer a moron.... Still looking for the ignore button so dont have to read what he types

 

[BoDEAN]

The girl who I did my CFI training with, graduated from Western Michigan Univ. with me, no complaints at all =)

Just curious: How many people here fly with female CFI's? What is your experience? I'm eventually looking into becoming a CFI, and I've heard that some students prefer not to fly with a female flight instructor for a lot of crazy reasons. There are no women CFI's at the flight school I attend now, so I have nothing to compare it to. Just curious if it really makes a difference or not.

Thanks!

 

[EatSleepFly]

My instructor for Commercial, CFI, and CFII was female. She was awesome!

 

[Metro752]

Here's a twist: When I was a CFI there was a CFI/DE in San Diego (KMYF?) who was a cross-dresser. A lot of you would recognise him in his "man-guise" because he wrote a monthly article for one of the flying magazines and his picture was always next to it (no, it wasn't Dick Collins). I had heard about it from some other instructors and thought it was a cruel story. Well, one day I'm at the airport and I see the ugliest female pilot (yes, worse than M.K.) getting out of an airplane. It was HIM!... I mean HER!... oh... It was that guy dressed as a woman- makeup, hairdo, the whole deal. It was GNARLY! There have to be some folks on this board who remember that.

Anyway... If we could find some of his/her old students we could get a better answer to the female vs. male CFI question as their perspective would be...unique.

THAT IS JC BOYLLS, HE IS THE KING SCHOOLS PRACTICAL TEST VIDEOS. I WAS CREEPED OUT WHEN I FOUND OUT!!!!

 

[Guitar Guy]

I flew with a couple of female CFI's years ago. Both of them were quite good pilots and were well-respected by the other instructors, renters and students at the FBO they flew out of. One of the women went to fly for Horizon and the other became a test pilot for Boeing.

 

[buffdriver]

JC Boyls, love him or not, is a great instructor. He was CFI of the year once or twice I think. He used to fly out of Hangar 10 at Palomar when I was there. Yeah, he looks like Ben Franklin, but he knows his crap.

 

[Ravengirl]

I flew with a female CFI for the last part of my private training, and my examiner for the private was also a female. Nothing but good things to say about both of them

 

[Metro752]

Wasn't saying she was a bad guy, just posting the fact that she was the guy who the other poster was talking about.

And I have to correct you, it is SHE, not he, presently!

 

[414Flyer]

Put your hand on the trim...

NO NOT THAT TRIM!

 

[HMR]

And I have to correct you, it is SHE, not he, presently!

This just reinforces my theory about high-time CFI's. Every "senior" instructor I've ever met is wierd. Let's see... I'm crammed into a small cockpit getting instruction from a guy who wears a dress to work and I'm supposed to trust his judgement? I'm going to sit through his lesson on "Decision Making? I'm sure that guy at Palomar knows her stuff but c'mon.

If you have more than 4,000hrs dual given in a 172, stay away from children and small pets.

 

[wwiiguy]

WAIT A MINUTE! Let me get this straight--a WOMAN cfi??? That's like saying a WOMAN PILOT!! Women don't know how to fly planes! Who in the heck came up with that idea?? Women are good at cooking, having babies, being secretaries and such, but pilots???? C'mon, give me a break....

They probably all start crying the second you exceed 45 degrees bank and I seriously doubt they can handle the g-forces involved in doing stalls.

Okay, now that I've ticked off 5% of the female population of pilots, let me say I'm kidding.....really. If it were possible for a woman pilot to be a better flier than me, I would gladly be her co-pilot. Of course, I know it's not possible so I'm not worried. Of course, I don't believe there is another male pilot who is better than me either so you can't say I'm being a chauvenist

 

[Daveman]

There's something I like about xxxxxxxxxxx but I can't quite put my finger on it.GC


It would have been funnier if you'd made this up yourself. Please don't make us police you. If you want ribald humor, (and I do) take it to another forum- not this one please.

Thanks,

UAL78

 

[GC1B Flyer]

Haaaa!!!!!


J.C. Boylls!!! I knew it!! Does he really go out in public wearing women's clothing???!!!! If so, why did he change into regular men's clothing for the King videos?

that is too funny!

happy new year to you all!
GC1B

 

[Fly_Chick]

I am a female CFI with about 400 hours dual given. I have not had one student cancel a flight or not schedule a flight with me because I am female. I have only had one occassion where I can surmise my student was a no-show because he did not want to fly with a woman (some of the comments he made), life goes on and I go on to the next lesson .

Overall I think most students do not care if I am male or female, they recognize I made it to this point and can help get them where they want to go.

Students have the least preconceived notions in general about gender when it comes to flight training.

Felicia, feel free to pm me for more insight.

 

[Goose Egg]

Women can make great instructors, and they can make lousy ones--just like guys. I've had good and bad instruction from both the guys and the girls. It just all depends on them personally.

-Goose

 

[Rook]

One of the DPE's at the flight school I graduated from is female. She's one of the most persued DE's for checkrides because of her demeanor. Very un-intimidating. She also happens to be a check-airman(she prefers that title)at SWA. Great gal.

Rook

 

[Rook]

ok spellcheck...make that pursued

Rook