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.

 

[dumblonde]

1. Did we shower today?
2.And use deoderant?
3.Brush your teeth?
4. Please tell me you did not eat beans again for lunch today.
5. Trust me.

 

[dragland]

1. Quit riding the brakes.
2. Look outside the airplane.
3. Tell me where we are now.
4. What was that?!?!?
5. Your sisters hot!

 

[epic!]

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

lol..

 

[wrxpilot]

Here's what I'd pick:

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

Well, it's not the simple way "taught" by the FAA and most CFIs, that's for sure.

 

[FN FAL]

1) dodge

2) duck

3) dip

4) dive

5) and dodge!

 

[Dubya]

1. I should have listened to my dad and gone to __________ (law, medical, accounting, retail management, truck driving, park ranger, business, baseball umpiring, shrimp boat captain, welding, architecture, pga tour, logging, photography, card dealing, plumbing, engineering, horticulture, firefighting, meteorology, palm reading, diesel mechanics, advanced knitting, radio broadcasting, HAZMAT handling, mandarin chinese language, cardboard manufacturing, Wal-Mart greeters, marine biology, seamstress) school.

2. No.

3 No!

4. NO!

5. Noooooooooooooo!

W

 

[Lostdog65]

1. Right rudder.
2. Didn't I say right rudder?
3. When were you going to add right rudder?
4. This *foot taps right rudder* is the right rudder.
5. Maybe flying isn't for you.

(This is why I don't instruct anymore.)

 

[Lostdog65]

For ICC's...

1. Did you bring a hood?
2. Why did you do that?
3. Where'd the glideslope go?
4. Which side is the holding side?
5. I don't care if the Pope hisself is standing on the runway with your dying grandmother in his arms...You will not do a single-engine go-around...you will land the d@mn plane!

Eric

 

[Catbert]

1. Look outside.
2. Listen to the plane.
3. Consider descending before we get to the aiport.
4. What's the trend of this plane... where is it going?
5. Have you heard a word I've said?

 

[UGAflyer]

1: Right rudder
2: watch your airspeed
3: not so much
4: my plane
5: let's try that again

 

[DrewBlows]

1. Altitude.
2. Altitude.
3. Altitude!
4. Altitude!!
5. Altitude!!!

 

[paulsalem]

1. Go ahead and level off
2. We're still Climbing
3. Let's go ahead and start down now.
4. We're still Climbing
5. Yea approach, we're on our way back down to 3,500 now. Sorry.

 

[rchcfi]

1. OK, you flared a little high...
2. Add power.
3. POWER!!!
4. POWER!!!
5. S**T!!!!!!!

 

[paulsalem]

1. OK, you flared a little high...
2. Add power.
3. POWER!!!
4. POWER!!!
5. S**T!!!!!!!

LOL, yea sometimes I wish for dual throttles as well as dual controls.

 

[navigator72]

I'll bet you a beer
I'll show you how it's done
Watch this
Oh Sh*t
Arrrrrgggghhhhhh

 

[Blue583]

1. Go ahead and level off
2. We're still Climbing
3. Let's go ahead and start down now.
4. We're still Climbing
5. Yea approach, we're on our way back down to 3,500 now. Sorry.

This made me laugh. I love it when the student is announcing his altitude and still announces the altitude he is "supposed" to be at even though he/she is 500 feet off.

 

[Gutenberg]

Ahh- that's refreshing- no backhanded criticism or lowbrow condescending in any of these posts. Just pilots cracking a few jokes.

How about-

5. those fuel gauges are accurate, you just gotta pound on em a little.

 

[spudskier]

-More Right Rudder
-Reduce Pitch
-Eyes Outside
-My Airplane
-Did you study at all?

 

[Lostdog65]

How about-

5. those fuel gauges are accurate, you just gotta pound on em a little.

Gutenberg...

You flying Cessna singles?! LOL! I still do that every so often in the 340/421/402's I'm flying just for kicks and grins and chuckles. Old habits and all!

Eric

 

[siucavflight]

1. pull up
2. faster
3. no not that on
4. right rudder
5. FLARE