When learners are successful in flight instruction, it’s a wonderful experience for both them and the CFI.
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Key Takeaways:
Many flight schools assign instructors based on availability, but students are encouraged to actively seek and switch instructors if it's not a good fit for their learning needs.
An ideal flight instructor acts as an "advocate" by being consistently available, providing a structured syllabus, and investing in the student's success through personalized teaching methods.
An advocate CFI tailors instruction to the individual, supports the student through challenges, helps them choose suitable examiners, and ensures that training prioritizes the student's unique learning style and progress.
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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