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I am headed down to Daytona Beach next week to ferry a plane back here to the New England. But before I launch, I want to fly the plane around locally a bit first. Looking at the airspace in and around KDAB and KEVB, seems like its nothing but restricted airspace and alert areas with Orlando...

As far as having a ready made syllabus goes, some instructors use them, some don't. In my 10 years of instructing I never have (and of course having said that, you have no idea what sort of instructor I am, so take that FWIW), but I do make sure students know where we are going in terms of the...

Others have said much the same thing, but I will add my few notes to the chorus: started flying when I was 42. Worked as a software developer (then development manager), mostly at start ups where the work week was often 50-70 hrs/wk. Wife, two kids, that whole thing too. Stuck with it, got my...

At the flight school where I instruct we try very hard to keep the same instructor with the same student throughout their training. Although we all train to the same ACS, each instructor has their own take on how to instruct and for the most part, its good to have a consistent voice. Having...

I have less 500 hours multi-time, almost all of it in a our flight school's Duchess, but I was at one time in the market for a twin (never pulled the trigger). The one down side I think I remember for the Seneca's was the engine OH costs. I think I remember something like $60K as opposed to...

Roger that. I try to write with some degree of clarity, but fall short sometimes. Part of being an instructor is understanding that it is the responsibility of the sender of the message, and not the receiver, to ensure the message is being properly understood.

OK, so here was my logic as to why I said the CFI is not a required crew member in this case: since the pilot can legally fly solo at night (and for arguments sake, this assumes all the other requirements to act as PIC are met) to become night current, a CFI is not required, hence not a required...

Poor technique? Geez I think not, its really apples and oranges compared to GA flying. Look at the white caps and swells, this runway is bobbing up and down! I have no idea what a real carrier landing must be like, and I have no turbine time at all, but pretty certain these videos (and I watch...

Since you haven't done any night flying in 7 years its great you are going up with a CFI. Really good idea. But as you pointed out, you don't actually need a CFI to become night current- night currency is required to carry passengers, so you could do it solo if you wanted, therefore the CFI is...

New to POA, so just saw this thread, so I'll add my two cents: I did my CFI at 53. Like others, I did this while working full time at a pretty demanding job that required me to work 50-60 hours a week. So a lot of 5 AM starts to the day, studying studying and then all the flying nights and...