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wrote 5 years 31 weeks ago
Hello: I have always told my student to do what is best for them. Some people don't like to sit thru a groundschool class and some do. Almost all of my students do the studying at home on their own either with a DVD Course like king or sporties. Some of them will just use an ASA Written test prep. First I would think about how fast you want to go thru your flight training. My recommendation is the faster the better. Get it done and don't let anything get in the way. Just remember if you are in a 12 week groundschool and you start accelerated training at the same time you are going to be done with your flying months before you are done with the groundschool. So if you are looking at a groundschool I would plan your flying schedule around that. I have found over the years that the student who are seriouse about flying will study hard at home. Almost all the dvd courses out there now are great. Let me know if you have any other questions Airfreddy
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wrote 5 years 4 weeks ago
Most of my students now are my age ( 42) or older. They all do their homework and are very safety oriented. Of the last 10 students or so only one (is) a youngster (19) everyone else is my age. Most of them use the materials in my book. The FAA publications but some of them will trade DVD courses. Some of them like them some of them don't. All the courses out there have the same material. It is just presented in different ways. I am finding that most of the older students ( 40 and above) like to do it the old school way and read the FAA publications. airfreddy
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wrote 5 years 4 weeks ago
there is a HUGE flight instructor shortage out here in arizona. The schools can't keep them long enough because they are getting hired so fast by the airlines airfreddy
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wrote 5 years 4 weeks ago
I would buy block time and fly your tail off every day and get the rating. Getting it done is the best way to save money. Commit to the rating and get it done as fast as you can airfreddy
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jefird wrote:
Interesting observation, Anonymous.
I can't say since I don't run a flying school anymore but I'd guess it's money and availability of new aircraft (as you correctly pointed out, they ain't no new C150s anymore. Never has been any such thing as a C152: They wuz just 150s with slightly bigger engines, and I never learned to pronounce OneFiftyTwo; my tang got tungled every time I tried).
Personally, if I were to open a flying school today and money were no object, I'd buy a flock of 90-horse Champs for fledgelings so I could train thier feet properly, a coupla Skyhawks for IFR work and rentals, and a low-end Mooney for advanced work and XC.
Don't expect too many out there to agree with me on this, however.
BTW, Can anybody out there explain to me why this trainer with the tailwheel on the wrong end wasn't called a 142? A 170 with a nosewheel is a 172. A 180 with a nosewheel is a 182. Why isn't a 140 with a nosewheel a 142??? Then when they boosted power they could call it a 142XP, like with the 180hp Skyhawk. Whatever were they thinking?
Besides, I can pronounce OneFortyTwo.
Why are you Anonymous?
--jim
I agree except I would use the C-140. that was my favorite plane out of all them. Getting students on the insurance for solo is a problem though. Airfreddy airfreddy