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Victoria said she no longer needs a special issuance medical certificate!
Eric has a shout out for one of his students named John who earned his Private Pilot’s License today!
Eric also said a big “thank you” to Women in Aviation and JetBlue, who paid for four of his students to attend the Women in Aviation conference in Dallas, Texas. You can check out the pictures of John and the students who attended the conference at their Facebook page.
Cruise Flight:
Our topics this week are coming from our Twitter hashtag #asksmac about when to fire your flight instructor:
- Billing issues
- Safety
- Personality issues
- If they smell bad
- Lack of integrity
- Lack of progress
- Degrading
- Just a time builder
- Lack of availability
- Lack of communication
~Picks of the Week~
Rick: F18 Carrier Landing Lite-a free iOS game
Victoria: Fly Girl by Sheri L. Smith, a Young Adult book about a girl torn between her heritage and wanting to fly as part of the WASPS
Carl: FAA Wildlife Strike Database– a website for logging birdstrikes and learning all kinds of things by exploring the data
Eric: Avare– an offline navigational app that allows you to draw on the screen in GPS mode
After Landing Checklist
Be sure to send us feedback, especially your opinion on the best aviation app for the iPhone 6
I fired an instructor because he couldn’t keep his hands off the controls. This happened first on steep turns but later on landings. In no case was safety an issue, this was just what he did and I knew I couldn’t learn this way. And he never said “my controls” he just make adjustments. Once on landing, I turned the yoke one way and then turned it back – this is common – but his reaction was a fraction of a second slower, so he was turning the yoke in the opposite direction. On the other hand, I’m amazed at how some instructors let you make mistakes and don’t take over until it is absolutely needed.