Matthew McDaniel is a four-time Master Flight Instructor who’s logged over 11,000 hours in more than 70 aircraft types. He’s owned and operated Progressive Aviation Services LLC (progaviation.com), specializing in technically advanced aircraft and glass cockpit training, since 2002. He says:
“Being a truly good pilot is a multifaceted skill: airmanship, knowledge and judgment. One who possesses two of those in abundance, yet lacks any one, cannot achieve the status of a good pilot. It is very rare, but there are some people who simply do not possess the skill set required to master the art of flying aircraft, regardless of how much effort they put forth or how much teaching skill the CFI brings to the table. But, that person is so rare that, in 20 years and nearly 5,000 hours of instructing, I have shared the cockpit with only one such person.
