new CFI

[troy]

Well, after months of hard work and study time, I finally got my CFI yesterday.

Thanks to all who have responded to my few posts. I'm sure that I'll have more questions as I get some students lined up.

Thanks!

 

[Eagleflip]

Congratulations, Troy! You've done something great for yourself--and you are a better pilot for it.

Have fun instructing and remember--there is always more to learn.

 

[troy]

That is what I've been discovering--learning NEVER stops. Forgetting happens all the time.

 

[flyinhard]

Thats awesome-Congrats! I remember when I got mine, someone at the flight school I was teaching at told me that I wouldn't be a flight instructor until I was done with my third student. I kind of took that as an insult. But after my third student, I understood what he was talking about. Ask questions, here, or anywhere. Everyone will be more than willing to help. I asked at least one to a thousand questions a day, even after 3 years of teaching. We had an instructor that was teaching for 25 years and he asked me a question one day-Felt kind of good, even though I didn't know that answer... Learn as much as you can everyday, even from your students. One of mine taught me a better way to teach steep turns and I used it from that day on. I remember my first day of teaching in the plane. I had flown for three years at this airport before I started instructing so I knew that airport real well. When we got our taxi instructions, I froze and for the life of me couldn't figure out where to go. I covered it up saying that I wanted to teach my student progressive taxi's...embarrassing. You will have some real stories too. They may suck at the time, but they are great stories at the bar-and here on the dorky pilot series...Congrats again, keep us updated, and ask those questions! Flyinhard

 

[Whirlwind]

flyinhard, sounds like you've learned a lot and had a bunch of fun at the same time.

Personally, I'm looking forward to it myself, I think I'm going to really have my eyes opened very shortly.

One thing I have already learned is that I know amazingly little about flying. I thought I did when I got my private, but the more checkrides I go on and the more words added to my ticket, the dumber I feel.

 

[bobbysamd]

Another license to learn

Originally posted by flyinhard
Learn as much as you can everyday, even from your
students . . . .

That is so true. I learned a better way of teaching emergencies from one of my CFI students. I always felt that I taught my students something and gave them the training they needed and more for their certificates and ratings. I was proud of what I did, but I believe that my students were the best flight instructors I ever had.

The amount of knowledge and learning that you will gain from instructing will blow your mind. Best of luck and enjoy your instructing experience.