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Hey Everyone! Jason Schappert here of MzeroA.com, & one of the
most important decisions you can make, in your flight training, is choosing a great flight school
and a great flight instructor. What makes a great instructor? What makes a great flight school? What are some
things you should really look for? If you don't have a copy of our book the Private Pilot Blueprint is totally,
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In there, I talk about what to look for in a great flight instructor.
And they are things that you don't always think about. Like, have you thought about a scheduling issue?
For example, when I was really instructing a ton.
I would want to instruct Monday through Friday 9-5, flight instructing is my job, right?
Saturdays and Sundays were my time off, my time to be with family, to be with friends.
But if you came to me and said Jason, I want to be your student but I have a 9-5 job.
I can only fly Saturdays & Sundays, I would have looked at you said 'I'm sorry, but
Saturdays & Sundays are my timeoff,' or you'd be taking time off of work, and we just wouldn't have
this balance. Make sure your schedules work. What about your personalities, too?
You guys have watched enough MzeroA.com videos, I can verbose to put it nicely.
I talk a lot, perhaps, you talk a lot, as well, and we won't be able,
to get a word in edgewise in the cockpit. I'm not the right instructor for everybody.
You see, when you go into that flight school, when you meet with these flight instructors,
you have to interview them. Think of it this way, too often you go into the flight and school, and they go,
this is so-and-so, they're available, go fly with them. They just pair you off like that.
And, in all actuality, you are the employer. Think of it, you are paying
them for their services, you should be able to choose which airplane I want to fly,
and which instructor I would like to fly with, don't let them just pair you off with that
Maybe you kind of have a sour relationship with an instructor, at the end of the day your still the employer.
You can vote with your dollars, take your dollars elsewhere, to another school or another instructor.
Because, sometimes, no everytime, a poor relationship,
with an instructor ends up costing you more money at the end of the day.
So, don't hesitate to switch, or try, different instructors. And, early
on you may have to do that. You may say, I don't know what kind of teaching style I need. Okay,
go do three discovery flights, with three different instructors, and you know what?
You're going to learn something different each time, and you're going to see other instructors, and you're going to go I think that person
is cutting a corner over here, and man this person did this, or you know what, this instructor was 15 minutes late.
When they told me this, and you're going to see these little things kind of come up.
Make sure you interview, and do these discovery flights, these test flights really, with these different instructors.
It seems like it's going to cost you money to start, doing three different discovery flights, but I promise it will save you
money in the long run. And when you find, that ideal flight instructor, hang on to them
Because it is hard to come by a great flight instructor, now a days.
What are some of your tips? What are some great experiences you've had? What are some
not so great, without naming names, what are some not so great experiences you had with flight instructors?
Let me know in the comment section below this video, I can't wait to read your
comments on Facebook, on YouTube, on MzeroA.com,
Enjoy the rest of your day, & most importantly, remember, That A Good Pilot Is Always Learning! Have a great day guys, we'll see ya.