"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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A risk with a more experienced instructor is that they may not know when
to quit offering "extras". There's a LOT of new concepts and things to
learn for a new pilot, and an experienced instructor could overwhelm that
new pilot with things that, while useful to know, aren't really relevant
to learning the fundamentals of flying an airplane.

This is actually a bad analogy. Although this is certainly possible with ANY
POOR instructor, for any GOOD experienced instructor, the exact opposite is
true.
The real issue to isolate with CFI's is the quality issue, and this can be
found both good and bad in both new and in more experienced instructors.
Assuming a good CFI in all the context that makes a good CFI, the more
experienced the GOOD instructor, the more concentration on the basics and
less concentration on ANY FACTOR in the learning curve that would confuse or
overload the student.
I would disagree with your analogy concerning more experienced instructors
as stated, and instead advise any new student to seek "quality" in a new
instructor by reference and/or personal interview; preferably both.
If this quality is found, it will most likely be even more pronounced, not
less pronounced in the "experienced" instructor.
Dudley Henriques