StraightnLevel
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I'm looking for some thoughts from others on deciding which instructor to select as primary, out of 2 whom I have now flown with.
First instructor: Very laid-back and unassuming. Lets me go through the process and make my own mistakes with ground items, then asks what I think I may have missed. Similarly in flight, lets me fly it right up to where I run out of ability/training, and gives me plenty of room to adjust, play with slight differences in control input, etc. All good from this perspective. However, he seems to blow past a few things himself; feels to me as if he's a bit new to the game, and maybe not 100% comprehensive and detail-oriented. He's teaching me to fly the plane.
Second instructor: Outgoing, forceful, crisp and businesslike. Every detail must be perfect, and every mistake is immediately noted and corrected. In flight, tends to jump in and take controls more quickly and shift to demonstration as opposed to letting me work my way through it when I'm not quite there yet. He doesn't miss details, and he's clearly on top of every letter of the regs and requirements for a checkride. I end up drilling through the material more comprehensively the night before a flight with him. Follows up via text after every lesson, and sends additional material to review. He's teaching me to learn the rules and tightly script for the test and checkride.
I feel that I'm getting good instruction from both of them, just in very different ways.
Any thoughts on how to select which one to make the primary? Any thoughts on reasons to go with one "type" over the other?
First instructor: Very laid-back and unassuming. Lets me go through the process and make my own mistakes with ground items, then asks what I think I may have missed. Similarly in flight, lets me fly it right up to where I run out of ability/training, and gives me plenty of room to adjust, play with slight differences in control input, etc. All good from this perspective. However, he seems to blow past a few things himself; feels to me as if he's a bit new to the game, and maybe not 100% comprehensive and detail-oriented. He's teaching me to fly the plane.
Second instructor: Outgoing, forceful, crisp and businesslike. Every detail must be perfect, and every mistake is immediately noted and corrected. In flight, tends to jump in and take controls more quickly and shift to demonstration as opposed to letting me work my way through it when I'm not quite there yet. He doesn't miss details, and he's clearly on top of every letter of the regs and requirements for a checkride. I end up drilling through the material more comprehensively the night before a flight with him. Follows up via text after every lesson, and sends additional material to review. He's teaching me to learn the rules and tightly script for the test and checkride.
I feel that I'm getting good instruction from both of them, just in very different ways.
Any thoughts on how to select which one to make the primary? Any thoughts on reasons to go with one "type" over the other?