Found this gem on another site. Makes me shudder to think CFI's teach this kind of stuff.

https://streamable.com/819do

I hope that wasn't an add for the 14 day course. IMC is the best way to train students. Plan and file on the ground first, however. If in a low traffic area and you decide to ask for an actual instrument approach, stay VMC until you have been cleared for the approach and let the student take the hood off.

There was a really dangerous lack of communication skills on the instructor's part here. I think he went inadvertent IMC and tried to cover with a request for a practice approach leaving his poor student in the dark and endangering them as well as legal IFR traffic. His responsibility was to remain VFR and immediately admit when he went inadvertent IMC, not tell the student under the hood to copy this. When he got to the next place, was he going to blame the student?

The controller quickly analyzed the disconnect and took appropriate action. When taxiing in, this instructor will probably receive instructions to see the man.

I did it in 7. Not there though but right next to a pretty busy Air Force base with an old lean Marine. Had the written done already and a few years under my belt. The check ride was no picnic as the designee didn't really agree with the flight school methods. I flew it to ATP standards, so there was nothing to do but pass me.

Couldn't and wouldn't do it now on a bet. It was enjoyable though and I can really see the benefit in using the system cross county.

That vid was scary. Pretty sure I wouldn't put that out in public. Of course what an iPhone camera sees from the back seat and what you can see for real are often times very different. His story I guess.

Did mine in 7 too. I learn better that way. Did all the book work and written prior. Then hit it all day every day. Feel competent, only problem is where I live most IMC is also icy so, whenever I get near the coast I always try and practice.

I did mine in 10 days with a crusty old ex-mil UPS pilot. If you have the disposition, accelerated training is great.

I have no problem with an accelerated program. A couple of sessions per day should get a student soloed in a week. Three students to each instructor, a stick, worked well in the Army, especially when one of the the two not flying could observe from the jump seat.

Instrument is very specific and procedural. You can learn almost as much from the jump seat or back seat. Training weather, what is marginal VFR, when VFR is safer than IFR, etc is more time consuming and difficult.

The flight test creators want to make private and commercial as similar to the instrument as possible, which makes it also very specific and procedural. Many of the various VFR missions simply are not specific and procedural, thus quite a bit of disconnect with reality. It makes acceleration easier if the intent is to train for passenger transport or corporate flying only.

Missionary, Mountain, Ag, Patrick's Backcountry, Kevin's Backcountry, and OJT programs are helpful but rare. Old guys like me who teach what they think is important is also rare. Far more pilots fly non passenger transport or non corporate.

High is safer and less interesting. Computers do it quite well. Low requires a different orientation. Computers don't do it well because the tactical situation is really, really fluid where horizontal clearance is more important than vertical clearance, ie altitude.

I've never felt so awkward reading about a flight school. I suddenly feel the urge to shower.

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