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You’d be surprised at how mysterious straight ins for students are that are used to patterns at an uncontrolled field. I make it a point to do straight ins sometimes. When do you start your descend? When do you put flaps out? Those are questions new pilots don’t think about if all their...

That’s pretty unusual these days. The shift to DPEs doing them has led to longer orals. Mine was around four hours. I’ve been 5-6 is typical with breaks (the DPE above seems to agree). I’ve also known guys who went 7-8 hours and had to fly the next day. But I’ll agree on the flight time. The...

You won’t want to do both in the same day, and almost certainly can’t. The oral alone for the CFI is gonna be at least 5-6 hours.

Book knowledge and systems is the easy part. Know how to use the charts to calculate single engine ceilings and critical altitudes. Also be prepared for a scenario question about going single engine over the mountains. How high can you stay? Where do you have to head to avoid hitting a...

I do it for my students. I know the DPE and there’s no surprises. DPE we use doesn’t charge for a retake as long as we fit it in with other checkrides he’s already gonna be there for anyway. Some do, but it’s usually half the rate or something. Going to a totally new DPE after a failure would...

I’ve asked them, and at idle on the ground, the wash isn’t going to do anything unless you are passing single digit feet behind them. But I understand the hesitation.

We charge $178 for our G1000 172s, and that feels high to me. But I think my mind just hasn’t caught up with the times. I’d never pay $275/hr for a 182 to instrument train in.

I wonder if the guy locked up and she couldn't overpower him. It takes real effort to takeoff stall a 172.

As an instructor, it’s worth the hassle because I’m in demand. For others, it may not be. Our wing is good about funded flying for every qualified pilot. Others not so much.

The entire point of corporate/charter flying is meeting normally unreasonable demands in exchange for lots of money. Otherwise, they’d all just fly coach. It’ll get them there, right? Honor the contract or pay the price.

Why the heck would you need to do some intricate tear drop when you can just cross midfield and turn onto the downwind? I may be missing what’s being described, though.

Not sure I’ve seen a student who is just such a rockstar that they’d be able to combine those checkrides without it being a major risk of failure. But I don’t have the breadth of instructing experience others have.

Had freeze ups happen a couple of times. Only once in the landing phase. Had to overpower the guy but luckily he didn’t pull the nose up or anything. Hadn’t thought much about it until this thread. Another reminder of why I don’t want to instruct longer than I have too, at least outside of...

With students, a lot of times it’ll be one thing they struggle with. Not using the rudder, not making sure the nose is up landing (landing flat), etc. Then one flight, they will gain the muscle memory and it is like it just “clicks.”

91.205 A Cherokee is not going to have a specific minimum equipment list.

I was told gas is going down at the airport I teach at. Truck comes in this next week.

65 over the fence is about right in a 172 or Cherokee. Drag it in at 60 for short field. 70 isn’t that far off, though, especially early on or on bumpy days when it’s more difficult to be right on the numbers. Students have to understand they’ve got to bleed the speed in ground effect instead...

Biggest issue I see with students is not flaring soon enough and almost slamming it into the runway. Take your time and don’t force it down. Get into ground effect smoothly, let it start to sink, and start bringing to nose up.

ATP is incredibly overpriced, does absolutely nothing to help students who need help, and you end up swamped in debt. It’s really not that difficult to get your ratings in a year at any number of other normal schools if you find one that will fly with you five days a week. I’ve only been...

The oil market is also global. So as Russia has secured contracts with other nations like India and China, the pressure on the overall supply has lessened. More supply, less demand as people change habits, and prices come down.