oliveDrab - My attitude about instructors isn't all negative. I'm just one of those people who "see and do" people, just like when I drove a car for the first time. I know just enough about aerodynamic forces on a plane to know how a plane needs to move through air. My best friend at the moment is the simulator. It got me in the air! Now the incident I had last week was a setback, but I learned from it. Now I know what to do if I ever run into that situation again. Learning curve gentlemen, everyone has their own skill set.