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Old November 8th 18, 04:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Advice for new CFIGs

After Harris Hill paid me to learn how to teach using the Jr’s members as guinea pigs 🐷, I would go on to teach many in years pass without charging.
In a club situation, everyone has a part to play. Students certainly help as ground crew , doing things like clean barf out of a glider after a pax ride.
Plus being an instructor has a bit of Royalty attached to it, members bowing 🙇 and all that. I found it fun and rewarding.
Advice....be alert that everyone you fly with do not put items on floor that could interfere with the controls (pax rides).
Power to glider check-outs/flight reviews...pilots are a sensitive lot...have pilots acknowledge verbally to you what they will have to demonstrate to pass the check ride, before you begin. This saves the ‘I thought you meant...’ BS encounters. Having the student verbalize the areas needing improvements or what the goal is brings clarity to the lesson. Having students critique themselves will give you an idea of comprehension.
The rest is easy pezzie, so...get in there like the rest 👑 of us.. Off with their heads!
R