I agree with your story. The instructor is kind of an odd thing though. What you learn to do in RC is muscle memory. I for one, can't just look at sticks to see how to take off or do a certain menuever. An instructor, would much rather be called a plane saver. All they need to do is save the planes. You just need to know the general jist of what things are and how to do them. The day i learned the most with my instructor, is when he let me burn 3 tanks of fuel, just getting to know how the plane reacts to ceratin inputs. I did try some aerobatics that day, but It let me know whats gonna happen if i do this and such. Thats just my opinion on instructors.. Mine was a very good one and he did a wonderful job.