If you could only say 5 things as an instructor...

[Gutenberg]

Here's what I'd pick:


1. Your other left
2. My controls
3. Slow down / airspeed!
4. It's friday, lets go over airspace/systems/etc at the bar
5. who's bernoulli?

oh, yea, one more-

6. put your aerodynamics for naval aviators away and tell me how an airplane flies without using greek letters

 

[English]

Right Rudder!

 

[CameronW]

1. I have the aircraft!
2. Aimpoint/airspeed
3. Center is calling...again.
4. Flare!!
5. We'll talk about that one after we land...

 

[FL420]

My standardized pre-takeoff briefing:

Don't kill me
Don't scare me
Don't embarrass me
Don't get me violated
Don't fart in the cockpit

 

[$$$4nothin]

1.Go
2.Get
3.Me
4.A
5.Beer
And we will finish up the post flight briefing

 

[NorthShore]

Only one.

Get a real job kid.

 

[BillyD]

1. Right Rudder
2. Flare Damn it!!
3. Why are you turning left?
4. My airplane
5. Can you smell THAT!

 

[labbats]

1. If you don't show up, you're paying the ground rate for all scheduled time.
2. Triple the outbound. Yes, triple it. Just triple it, ok?
3. F()@#ing balls!
4. I hate VMC demos. Ok, so here's how you do one. Now you try. Don't kill me.
5. Hearing the beeps of the morse code isn't identifying anything. What do the beeps say? Do I sound like those beeps? Wait, don't answer that.

 

[ePilot22]

1. two fingers
2. fly the airplane
3. full power
4. pressure not force
5. slow down...NO indicated airspeed on taxi.



eP.

 

[taloft]

1. What's the most important skill for being a safe pilot?
2. What's the most important thing for being a good instructor?
3. What's the first thing you do during a go-around?
4. What's the first thing you do following an engine failure?
5. Do pilots make mistakes? Do you make mistakes? How are you going to prevent them? (ok, that's three, but it's a series so..)

My method was to usually avoid making statements, but rather to ask questions that made them think and notice what's going on. I never reallly enjoyed training students like monkeys. They're capable of much more.