When learners are successful in flight instruction, it’s a wonderful experience for both them and the CFI.
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Key Takeaways:
Flight students often accept instructors based on availability, but they should seek an instructor who acts as an advocate for their individual learning journey.
An advocate flight instructor (CFI) is deeply invested in the student's success, providing personalized teaching methods, comprehensive guidance on training resources, and support in overcoming obstacles.
This personalized advocacy leads to a more effective and tailored learning experience, ensuring students become safe and competent pilots and addressing potential issues like scheduling conflicts or personality clashes.
At many flight schools the business model is whoever is available that day and whose schedule matches your own becomes your flight instructor.
Most first-time flight students accept this, not knowing that they can change instructors if it’s not a good fit. They may not know it’s not a good fit unless someone points it out to them.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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