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Old March 8th 19, 02:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tim Newport-Peace[_4_]
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At 11:00 08 March 2019, Z Goudie wrote:
At 01:07 08 March 2019, wrote:

Back in Germany a student didn't make progress with his instructor, h

got
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nothing but criticism on his patterns. After one flight he got an

laughed
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for 10 min. Told us he'd had it with all the crud he got from the back
seat=
and, on downwind, just let go of the stick. Low and behold, the glider
mad=
e a nice turn to base and then to final. The airbrakes came out for a
perfe=
ct landing. "See, his instructor said proudly, you finally got it."
Herb


Seen instructors like that before!


I know of a case like that in UK a while ago.

Pupil refused to pay for flight (reasonable) and Instructor is no longer
instructing.