I've just started my IFR training and need a little help:
My first instructor, who signed off for me to take (and passed!) the written exam, has questionable judgement: My first flight we took off in below minimum weather conditions, shot approaches, and then circled for 30 minutes while we waited for the weather to improve to minimums (300' above the ground and 1/2 vis.) and then we landed. It didn't feel right at the time, and talking with other experienced pilots, they felt it was bad decision to fly.
So I start flying with a much older instructor who's a really nice guy, but can't figure out my KLN 94 and is telling me the wrong info on training( He's saying I need 20 hours, at a minimum with him, and the balance can be with an instrument rated pilot acting as safety pilot. I believe it's 15 hours with an instructor, and any pilot with a valid PPL can act as safety pilot for the balance, not to mention that some of the IFR time can be on a simulator.
The first instructor is a really young, seemingly bright guy, but I've heard a couple of stories from the line guys where he's taken new students up in IFR conditions for a discovery flight.
Would you stick with the older guy, go back to the younger guy, or find someone else?
My first instructor, who signed off for me to take (and passed!) the written exam, has questionable judgement: My first flight we took off in below minimum weather conditions, shot approaches, and then circled for 30 minutes while we waited for the weather to improve to minimums (300' above the ground and 1/2 vis.) and then we landed. It didn't feel right at the time, and talking with other experienced pilots, they felt it was bad decision to fly.
So I start flying with a much older instructor who's a really nice guy, but can't figure out my KLN 94 and is telling me the wrong info on training( He's saying I need 20 hours, at a minimum with him, and the balance can be with an instrument rated pilot acting as safety pilot. I believe it's 15 hours with an instructor, and any pilot with a valid PPL can act as safety pilot for the balance, not to mention that some of the IFR time can be on a simulator.
The first instructor is a really young, seemingly bright guy, but I've heard a couple of stories from the line guys where he's taken new students up in IFR conditions for a discovery flight.
Would you stick with the older guy, go back to the younger guy, or find someone else?