How can you tell if an instructor has a good (or any) track record?
Does the FAA keep track of instructors' success rate?

Well, yes and no. The FAA keeps track of how many students that have
been signed off pass their exam, and an instructor gets a "gold rating"
or something like that if enough students do this. However, offsetting
this, an instructor can just over-train before the checkride, so it's
not all that good an indicator, IMHO.

Talk to others who have flown with the instructor, and try a few
yourself. Each student's style is different, just like each
instructor's style is different.

Jose
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