On Oct 27, 8:41*pm, Mike Ash wrote:

Excellent. I'm always impressed at how well pilots take criticism and correction. I guess the possibility that you might ?die if you ignore it helps.


Mostly. People who can't take criticism and correction probably never
make it to their checkride because nobody will fly with them.

For example, I declined a 10-hour student who just bought his airplane
because he told another instructor "Look, I understand you're still
wet behind the ears but I just need somebody to sign me off to solo so
I can fly my plane when I want." That came out when his previous
instructor had gotten him past the pre-solo written, but when the new
instructor said that by law--which is true--the CFI who signs him off
to solo has to be the one that administers the pre-solo written, the
guy made a scene in the middle of the FBO lobby.

They went flying to a remote field to practice landings and when the
guy almost stalled it with a wing low on short final without making
any of the corrections the CFI was calling for, the instructor said
"My plane." The student blew up and told the CFI to keep his f-ing
hands off of the controls. That was the last straw; the instructor
borrowed a POH from the fleet just to go flying because the student
didn't have one in the plane and refused to go home and get it.

I'd have terminated the flight immediately, found a ride back to the
office and told the guy that he needs to find another CFI before he
can operate his airplane. Nobody will fly with him now because word
gets around faster than his little Piper does.

That kind of behavior is -extremely- rare, but, I do believe at some
point he's going to throw the rules off entirely and kill himself.