Comments on: The June “Since You Asked” poll: How many instructors?

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:12:17 +0000

I am very fortunate to have had only one CFI through private and about 25% through instrument so far. Of course not including the occasional flight with a few others for scheduling issues, etc. On the flip side, I do enjoy flying with other CFI’s occasionally to pick up different tips and experiences.

By: will

will — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:04:08 +0000

i have 12 hours of training and am on my second instructor

By: Patrick Collins

Patrick Collins — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:48:22 +0000

I have flown with 8 different flight instructors iin my short 2 years of flight training. Why do you ask…why so many instructors??? Every instructor has a little different look into the mix which in my eyes is a good thing. I have never experianced an instructor where we did not jell and continue to sprwad the instruction with all of them at one time or another. I actually was the one that had this type of instruction implemented at my flight school.

By: Pasturepilot

Pasturepilot — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:11:56 +0000

I had a lot more than five instructors. As an airport kid, I think I flew with every CFI on the field over the 7 years it took me to get around to my private checkride. I can come up with 13 names off the top of my head, not even looking back to my logbooks. Then I had one instructor for the instrument course, three instructors for multi/commercial, and at the airline, I usually fly with two instructors at each recurrent training session. Granted, working as a mechanic at two flight schools, I’d often just grab an instructor and go flying after work, not worrying much about who went along for the ride. It’s not typical, but I feel that having seen the insight and tricks from so many helped give me a better perspective on things.