You know, as a CFI, I got accused of milking them for more money. I can think of two pilots in particular. They both went somewhere else, found another instructor, and another examiner, and both got their license. Both are now dead, from airplane accidents.
You just have to let it roll off your back. Sometimes those "hard asses" are try to cover their ass and yours. Kurt On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:16:39 -0600, William R. Bayne wrote > Hi Tandy, > > It depends on the examiner he would ultimately have. More than a few got > their private learning in a coupe and took their check ride in it. I picked > my own examiner, and I urge everyone to do so. For a check ride in a 415-C or > CD you want a reasonable one that doesn't weigh a lot (females have an > advantage). The examiner with a "reputation" for being a hard ass is on an > ego trip one indulges only at considerable risk to their pocketbook and > confidence. Avoid them. > > Much of the transition time "required" to transition from a two-control > Ercoupe to a rented Cessna 150 or Cherokee can be "milking the process" by > the FBO and/or instructor...it's not that big of a deal, but they make their > calculated profit on every hour they sell; and so may be (unreasonably?) > conservative in dual time "requirements" before renting for solo flight test > use. > > Consider also that anyone who gets their "unlimited" license in a Cessna 150 > or Cherokee and then tries to hop in a Grumman Yankee without professional > help will likely kill themselves on the first flight. The same is true with > almost any tail dragger (there is no "tri-gear only" restriction). Similarly, > the adverse yaw characteristic of a Taylorcraft makes it a whole different > bird in the air than a three-control coupe or Cherokee (and that is most > definitely NOT a compliment). > > It is more than worthwhile to learn to pilot a coupe well from the right > seat, and to keep that skill current. I taught myself on a calm spring day, > but having an instructor or competent coupe pilot friend along for the first > three touch-and-goes may be a better choice for some. This ability makes it > easy to get non-professional competent help before solo flight in an > unfamiliar aircraft type from a competent and proficient owner or prior > owner. > > I would go so far as to say that 99% of the people who learn to fly in a > two-control Ercoupe could fly a three-control one without help (if crosswinds > were limited to 10 MPH), and could take a check ride in one with one hour of > familiarization in it by a knowledgeable instructor. > > Is anyone instructing in and/or renting three-control coupes? If so, we need > a list kept current. > > The better option for a student "cleared for the check ride" by his > instructor may be to get "signed off" by his/her instructor for solo flight > to and from wherever there is a three-control coupe (AND an acceptable > examiner) available. This doesn't have to be local. > > The fact that you can't demonstrate recovery from a spin in a coupe on the > check ride should mean nothing. ALL possible instruments useful for > instrument flight do not HAVE to be in the plane used for an instrument > ticket check ride. Instrument proficiency only has to be demonstrated with > (minimum) equipment installed. > > Does anyone know if a person trains for a Sport Pilot license in a > two-control coupe and takes the check ride in it receives a two-control > restriction endorsement or not? The endorsement (or lack thereof) on a > license does not make a pilot safe. > > It is the proficiency of the pilot, and his/her judgment, that makes a safe > pilot. Most examiners do not expect perfection. What they do expect is good > judgment. They expect the applicant to know their limitations, and stay well > within them; and some will pass an applicant who does something wrong, knows > it, and demonstrates they can then do it right (not get rattled). > > Every newly minted "private pilot" should never cease to expand and polish > their minimum skill set to exquisite sharpness in a never-ending quest for > perfection aloft. There is much joy, confidence and safety thusly achievable. > > Regards, > > William R. Bayne > .____|-(o)-|____. > (Copyright 2009) > > -- > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:07, Tandy Allen wrote: > > Guys - A possible buyer of my Coupe wants it to learn to fly in. Would his certificate be restricted to flying Coupes? > > Tandy
