Originally Posted by
Appowner
Actually, there was a time when I did enjoy it. But even then I eventually burned out. Today I do a little in the neighborhood. Kids mostly. They learn fast so actual instruction time is minimal. Got one 12 year old girl who flies rings around the boys and most adults. Actually a joy to watch her fly. She builds better than most too. Now she's bugging her father to get her full size lessons.
There was a time I also enjoyed teaching, but it seemed that the other instructors in every club I belonged to would sit on their thumbs when beginners would show up and not be all that interested in helping them. That is until the old hands would wait until I got the newbies flying pretty well, although not quite ready to solo, that is when the other instructors would take over. They would then take credit for the success if the student finally did solo, but if the newbie crashed, they would say the student's original instructor didn't do a very good job.
It happened much too often to be a coincidence. That is when I burned out.