denverpilot
Tied Down
Huh. Funny thing is, that CFI is still in Sydney, and CFIs talk. Will be interesting to ask him if he remembers you and get a hint on whether he thinks you'll ever make it.
There just aren't that many CFIs around here. We all eventually meet each other. And we chat. Should be an entertaining conversation with Ed the next time I'm up there.
To me, you look like you're all over the map and can't focus on a goal and finish it.
Plus, 80s as the heyday of the "oil field" up there? Nope. I worked for the oil biz back then, and the 80s weren't all that kind to the area for various reasons.
The more you talk, the more stuff comes out that doesn't jive.
Thanks for the warning. Seems pretty obvious now.
As far as planning a 1500 mile student XC? Totally silly. Let's get real here, you're supposed to be practicing things, and plowing along, in a straight line, for 500 miles, isn't going to get the job done.
Shorter XCs are not just done for the reasons mentioned, changing weather, aircraft being trapped by a maintenance issue 1000 miles away, yadda yadda... they're also done shorter to keep you BUSY. Next airport coming up, plan to enter the pattern, plan for wind, etc etc etc. Putzing 1500 miles away in cruise isn't exercising nearly as much of your brain as doing a round-robin with a few airports.
You've got some work to do on your thought process, if you're not seeing this. It doesn't matter if your instructor is "scenario based" or not, or any of the other crap you've posted... there's a curriculum and things you need to learn and practice, and flying three states away isn't going to exercise those brain muscles nearly as much as working the much shorter and busier XC.
But in all, I'm done, because you're not listening to folks who are telling you that your intended mission is illegal anyway... so I'm seeing there's no point at all to this thread until you're in a mental state to submit to a process and learn from someone. You don't get to tell the instructor how to do their job. Any good instructor can come up with challenges you can't meet at your experience level, in 50 nautical miles, too.
Fly the plan they provide, pass the test, you can buzz along for 1500 miles any time you like. That's how this game works. If you're as accomplished as you say you are, the whole thing should be a piece of cake. You'll be done in a month or two if you've got the time and cash and the weather cooperates.
But if they read this thread and see a pattern of disregard for the regs and impulsivity, don't be too surprised if they don't want their signature in your logbook...
And now I have a reason to go visit Ed! I like Ed. Should be fun. I flew over Ed once in the snowplow and he thought I was trying to hurry him off the runway in Sydney. I wasn't, just waiting for him to get the runway cleared to take some friends to Cabellas, back before they were Bass Pro Light. Long long ago.
