Many I see are told it is easy, by someone who has never done it so they think it is. I also see a lot of kids with the 'I am not listening to anyone cause I know more" attitude. They usually don't last long. Then you get the ones that just won't listen. They buy stuff, are told my many to get help, and they take it to the k mart parking lot and wind up on the store roof. Have seen that a few times over the years.

Many are to impatient to wait, and won't call and ask for help. They just show up and expect an instructor to be there. If they would show up, figure out who can help them, and then call them and set up a good time to learn, they would get it a heck of a lot quicker.

There are many reasons people won't use an instructor. Most of them bad. I have seen very few who have ever learned on their own and stuck with it. Most get bored withind hours because all they do is wreck planes. Maybe 1 in 25 make it successfully from what I have seen. The ones that do make it, usually have a lot of natural talent. The ones that don't, well, they help keep companies in business and give the rest of us some great buys on used equipt.