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lol true, true. I should have known!

I've asked him that, and per his own words on several occasions I'm doing very well. Which is what prompted my initial question. At this point I obviously have to drag his specific thoughts out of him, and use that information in moving forward, though I don't feel I should have to go through...

In being very honest with myself, you've definitely hit the target with a lot of what you noted below and I'm giving the rest serious thought. Thank you very much.

Got it. I've been constantly told to keep an eye on my altitude and airspeed by looking at the gauge, but maybe that's doing me a disservice. I was definitely hoping for the former to be given a chance to iron some things out for myself, and not be micromanaged to my checkride, but for the...

@Flatiowa I'm looking at Foreflight now (I know it's not real time) and I've just watched 3 small planes, 100 feet in altitude a part, about 200 in distance from each other try to land at pretty much the same time. 2 of which wound up on the runway together at the same time. I wasn't listening...

Hmmm. All pattern work, yes. But we usually keep a sterile cockpit at that point. For others I'm concentrating, while listening to his input. Ex. Steep turns. I'm turning and monitoring the horizon as well as my altitude and attitude. If he's saying "pull back on the throttle a bit." I do that...

Good to know. Thank you!

Great advice. Thank you. Yes! I'm hyperanalyzing. Which now that I think of it is one of the reasons that verbally go through each step and any corrections that I make. I'm definitely taking everyone's advice not to go to a 141. I'm going to have a discussion with him and pending the results...

That's a great idea! I would like that. I'll prep and send one to him and ask if he's okay with doing that. I'll add talking about more scenario based learning to the notes that I have for our discussion. Thank you!

Ah I didn't see that. A Piper Warrior. PA-28-161. I did fly an Archer for a bit but I'm back to this and like it. So definitely not a fast and new plane, but I like flying it! It works for my current abilities.

Thank you for your kind and insightful comment. I do want to enjoy it. I've even mentioned that to my current CFI I told him It would be nice to fly just to fly sometimes and enjoy the experience, he told me that's what getting my rating was for, and what we do is about learning. I understand...

That seems like a good way to not have a well rounded out understanding of a subject. Suppose the CFI isn't good? How would you recommend that someone supplement their education? I can't blindly trust anyone, that's dangerous.

To save the guess work... Yup my first CFI does not like me because I moved to another school and I told him I was looking at other CFIs. Period. He was good, but he was very busy and cancelled repeatedly on ME not the other way around. That's it. He always got paid, I never, even once...

I'm a whole professional, so no I wouldn't have to imagine it because I wouldn't do it. There's a lot of "take this false assumption and run with it" in this thread. I treat people with respect, cancelling on someone for no reason is wrong and not something I do in any setting.

I've never not shown, and I have no problem with paying if I'm a few minutes late. To me it starts by the assigned time, not when I arrive. If it's 8am, it's 8am.not 8:10. I'm a professional and treat CFIs like the professionals they are as well.

Nope I've never done that. Not sure where that assumption came from but it's as wrong as you can get.

25 hours with a lot being in the past 4 weeks. I started in February with him, but the weather here is not conducive to flying then. In the past 4 weeks I've gone about 3 times a week, before then 1-2x a week. That's a good question to ask. I've been taking notes from every post for my upcoming...

Thank you. This is definitely something to think about.

Good insight. Thank you. No I'm no longer enjoying it (at this point it's just work that I pay for) and I haven't really enjoyed it since my first instructor, which probably plays into my eagerness to solo. Thank you! I do hope to continue this journey with an open mind and some fun once I...

Very useful! Thank you! I'll check into that this morning. Eta: Oh wow. I love that. That's the kind of insight I enjoy digging into and the details that I want in order to improve. Thanks again!