ORIGINAL: RCKen
ORIGINAL: BasinBum I find the more I teach the less I crash my own planes, I think I build up positive karma points for doing it.
That's another reason I like to teach. The more we as pilot fly it's easier for us to forget the "basics". We start cutting corners and getting sloppy. First I have remember the basics to teach them to my students. Second, I fly the basics when I fly because I know that my students are in the pits watching my flying. I don't want to be a "do as I say, not as I do" instructor. I want to be able to set an example for them. Along those lines, I like to sit with my students as others fly and have them point out to me mistakes somebody else is making.
I don't teach because as some stated, the instant gratification and disappearence of pilots after a few months, to me is a waste of my time. But to back up Kens' remarks on on experienced pilots getting sloppy. That holds true in Army Aviation to this day. When a major or minor incident or accident occurs, the senior pilot is at the controls most of the time.