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The civilian dropout rate has been said to be around 80%, according to AOPA. But dropouts aren't the same as washouts. Some dropouts would have made good pilots if they stuck with it. Some people push through that should have washed out.

The quality of instruction has not been great but has fallen off a cliff within the past few years with the pilot shortage. No idea if her CFI was a timebuilder or not but it doesn't matter as bad CFIs come from all walks of life and I've seen too many students soloed while lacking basic...

"About half-way down the 3,799-ft-long runway, the airplane began a left, climbing turn. During the climbing turn, ground speed slowly increased 46 knots. The last recorded radar target showed the airplane on a north-northwesterly ground track at a groundspeed of 46 knots." Sounds like a...

There is nothing odd, the student had an endorsement to solo to LHV and the airplane was based at IPT.

Instructor's first mistake is trying to re-teach a 300-hour pilot how to do a preflight. Second mistake is being a dumb@$$.

A higher idle speed and a poorly calibrated airspeed indicator are two reasons why one plane might float more than another otherwise-identical airplane.

Sounds like phugoid oscillations.

Dude, the wings are not brown. It's a reflection from the ground.

Perhaps you could provide more details about the route, so we can try to figure out why this is happening.

Not in the US, and I believe there was a short period in the late 70s when the N number on the tail only had to be 3". This plane appears to be one of those.

Making your own is a good way to get intimately familiar with the source material. There are other ways to do so, but will take just as much time. You can read the handbooks cover to cover but not only is that boring, but it's been scientifically shown to be the worst study method.

Doesn't matter what you ask for. The tower controller likely forgot and cleared you to land. If so it's your job to remind them what you want. I usually don't expect the tower to count my touch and goes, unless I only want to do one. If more than one, the tower will expect you to keep doing...

Agreed, with the same caveat I gave earlier about the quality of the data and statistic significance.

I think I see what you're saying. But, even if it is random per hour, doesn't that mean airplanes with more hours are more likely to have cracking, thus are more likely to have a failure? Isn't that the point of the inspection requirement?

Start with the CFI ACS. It will reference the other ACSes, AIH, AFH, PHAK and a bunch of advisory circulars and other documents. Get familiar with them and be able to teach the material. Yes, it is mostly ground work. The flying part will go quickly unless you have deficiencies in your flying...

If the probability of failing inspection was random the graph would be flat. Not seeing the relation to the dice roll, because they aren't inspecting planes with more hours more times.

That's 9 too many

You could start with the Instrument Rating ACS. There is a task table listing what tasks are required for an IPC.

Yes it is unusual as no one is out there logging which regulations every individual lesson conforms with. And it is a big surprise that people entrusted for certification of pilots do not have adequate reading comprehension to understand the LOI.

Not sure what "entire series" you're referring to, but it is 100% clear the FAA has no problem with double-dipping and allowing experience that was used to satisfy an instrument rating requirement to also satisfy the commercial pilot certificate requirement. From the 2010 letter to Theriault...