BFR

On 19 Jul 2004 23:44:14 GMT, (Hankal) wrote:

. I have known instructors who would not do a
flight review in less than 16 hours

He is milking the pilot big time

That goes wayyyy beyond milking :-))

OTOH the pilot may have been incompetent. Some do lose their
judgemental ability, but there is still no reason for the BFR to go 16
hours. If the pilot were that bad it would be quite evident and it
then would become "remedial training", or just plain dual.

If an instructor really goes in for a 16 hour BFR it's time to run the
other way and find a competent instructor.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Roger Halstead wrote:
If an instructor really goes in for a 16 hour BFR it's time to run the
other way and find a competent instructor.

I've done long stretches of instruction (10+ hours) that ended in the
student getting a flight review endorsement, but usually in the context
of learning some new skill. For example, my club requires a 10 hour
checkout for our retracts. At the end of that time, I sign the person
off for both the club checkout and BFR (and, if appropriate, a
complex/high-performance endorsement, and maybe an IPC too). I suppose
by some narrow definition, you could call that a 10 hour BFR.