Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
Ongoing discussion regarding different techniques. Do we do it with a
touchy feely softly spoken and oh my gosh thats just fine.....
Or do we do it with a harsh what in hell was that all about?
Who did you learn the most from and what was the drill?
Of course there is a different perspective from a civilian learning to
get over the fear of heights or unusual attitudes (as opposed to the
normal of right side up on the highway) and a military student pilot
who is going to be exposed to getting shot in the ass with a rocket
out in the field when they go operational.
What has been most effective for you? The teacher who spent time
explaining what you were trying to learn and how it works, or the one
who just demanded you do the syllabus? How much time did you have to
spend one on one? Or did you even get that opportunity?
Did you have to learn under pressure or did you have the luxury of a
year or two to get to step one? Was it even important to you to get to
step one or two? What was the motivation? Was it for personal
satisfaction? Was it because of familial pressure?
Lots of factors to consider that impact instructor effectiveness.and
student learning.
Should be interesting to discuss.
Ol S&B
CFII/RAM AIGI - Original CFI in 1967

I think you might be "leaning" a bit too far into the "touchy/feeley"
description to express what you consider not your way of doing things
there Rocky :-) If the hard approach including cussing in the cockpit
works for you, so be it, but you'll have a REAL hard time convincing me
that this is a good teaching technique.
I can assure you I'm far from being a Pansy in the cockpit, and I cal
state emphatically that cursing in the cockpit is NOT one of my teaching
techniques.
The proper use of praise and criticism are an integral part of ANY good
accepted flight instruction technique. I've been teaching this way all
through my career with no problems whatsoever. I also teach instructors
to teach this way with no problems.
We've all had one of these "cussing" CFI's at one time or another. If
that's your cup of tea, by all means do it that way. In my opinion it's
not necessary and not even advisable to teach this way, but that's just me.
You asked for an opinion, this is mine. Sorry; no disrespect intended,
but I'll tell you what I tell ALL instructors; if you're cussing at a
student or even yelling at a student, it's not the student who has the
problem :-))

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Dudley Henriques