Technical Question for CFIs Prt 2...

[safepilot24]

One thing that has helped me I got from Riddle:

Teach students to do weight and balance in the prelim steps of flight planning. This teaches them efficiency of planning as their whole route may be affected by a fuel stop if required for the flight. Also, have other students come along, and actually fill up gas at your destination, so they must do it again.

But....... to get back to your original question, the weight and balance in the first couple of steps is a good idea.

Remember, everything is on YOUR time for the checkride....YOU are in charge!

Best of luck!

 

[flywithastick]

Re: Long checkrides are for the birds.

Here's my take on all day checkrides:

1. The guy's an @$$, on a power trip, and likes to show everyone how smart he is.

2. Really doesn't have a life and likes to make others miserable.

3. Just wants to get out of the office.

4. Combination of the above.

As a cfi, we should want these checkrides to be tough... tough as he!! actually - regardless of the reason. Why do you think cfi's get so little pay?! Supply and demand... too much supply drops the going rate. That's unless we don't care about the pay, which doesn't seem like the case with all the complaining about the low $$/hr.

 

[fulcrum]

also as a cfi you should tell your students that there is no rule in the book that says the student should fly in a straight line , i make my students go from 'one good check point to another " it not only makes it interesting but i belive it to be much safer than flying 40 miles over featureless terrain , just dont over do it
fulcrum