Contrarian attitude in your CFI

[Yetti]

So what do you do when your CFI always has a Contrarian Attitude?   I looked for guidance from the FAA, but could not find appropriate responses.

[RobertGary1]

May just not be a good personality match for you. Is it difficult to just get a different CFI?

-Robert

[jaylw314]

If your CFI always has a contrarian attitude, the first question is to ask yourself if you're the one with the contrarian attitude

[ArtVandelay]

Always?!

I’ve disagreed on occasion but...not always.


Tom

[gsxrpilot]

Fire him. The CFI works for me, not the other way around. 

When I decided to start learning to fly. I went looking for an agreeable CFI. I interviewed five different CFI's. I flew with two of them. I told them it was a trial lesson that I was paying for and I would make a final decision after. I settled on one and used him all the way through the Private, Instrument, transition training for my Mooney, flight reviews, etc. until he finally retired and hung it up.

 

[RLCarter]

@gsxrpilot I agree, my CFII I've used for the past 12 years is now a DPE and stays really busy and away from the area. Spent the last 2+ years looking (not real hard) for a CFI to finish up my Commercial been through 5, 2 I really liked but the airlines liked them more.......

[thinwing]

  On 2/12/2019 at 12:59 AM, Yetti said:

So what do you do when your CFI always has a Contrarian Attitude?   I looked for guidance from the FAA, but could not find appropriate responses.

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What is actually a contrarian attitude?Do you mean he is just a jerk?.

[midlifeflyer]

  On 2/12/2019 at 3:01 AM, thinwing said:

What is actually a contrarian attitude?Do you mean he is just a jerk?.

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I don't know what it means either.

[thinwing]

Maybe yetti ment his CFI voted for the other guy

[LANCECASPER]

  On 2/12/2019 at 3:25 AM, midlifeflyer said:

I don't know what it means either.

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https://www.dictionary.com/browse/contrarian

[midlifeflyer]

  On 2/12/2019 at 3:37 AM, LANCECASPER said:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/contrarian

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Sigh.

[Danb]

If he’s actually a contrarian opposing something just for an argument, we’re done let him ruin another guys day, he must be fun at thanksgiving dinner 

[RLCarter]

  On 2/12/2019 at 11:07 AM, Danb said:

If he’s actually a contrarian opposing something just for an argument, we’re done let him ruin another guys day, he must be fun at thanksgiving dinner 

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If he gets invited 

[steingar]

If'n you don' like him or her hire someone else.  Like the man said, these guys are our employees.

[skydvrboy]

I had a contrarian CFI.  He insisted that climbs needed to be done at 2600/26, in no case was I ever to put the engine in an "over squared" configuration, and thought that lean of peak blow up an engine in a hurry.  CFI's are hard to find around here so I kept bringing him articles that debunked those.  Fortunately, he was open minded enough to realize they may be on to something.  In an area with more CFI's available, I would have just moved on.

[m20kmooney]

Respect him/her for being a CFI. Even though you may not agree both sides can always learn from each other. Popular belief or opinion isn’t always correct. 

Edited February 12, 2019 by m20kmooney

[thinwing]

  On 2/12/2019 at 2:36 PM, m20kmooney said:

Respect him/her for being a CFI. Even though you may not agree both sides can always learn from each other. Popular belief or opinion isn’t always correct. 

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A nice thought ,but in a training environment student to instructor ,a lot to ask...I tend to agree with gsxr unless he is the last CFI on the planet

[kortopates]

I am not feeling a lot of respect for my brethren here  But its very saddening to read there are instructors out there like @skydvrboy has had to endure. That's certainly a very legitimate complaint and not that many instructors know much about engine management but I wonder what are some of the others complaints you folks have. Hopefully its not arguing about what the ACS standards are these days.  

[skydvrboy]

@kortopates  Don't get me wrong, I still think he was/is a great instructor.  He has a tremendous wealth of experience as a Wright Brothers Master Pilot who grew up on an airport and has been flying ever since.  He even owned an F until 2000, so he knew my plane inside and out.  He was just stuck in what he had learned many years ago and viewed me as the know-nothing new kid.  We get along well now and fly together a couple times a year as friends.

[Marauder]

The instructor types I will never tolerate is a screamer or one that belittles a student.

I’ve been fortunate that I have had neither (Though I did have a know it all). I have spoken to pilots who have had really bad instructors and yet they still come back for more.

I think the attribute of a good instructor is the ability to adapt their style to accommodate the learning style of the student. Some people are visual learners, others need verbal instruction. Others need a combination of both.


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