Originally posted by FLYBOY
Sometimes, two people don't click. It is not either ones fault, it just doesn't happen. Before you tell someone who really wants to learn to fly that he should give it up, do him the honor of giving him another chance with someone who can give him a different perspective and maybe get him going.
You would hate to be told to quit, and so would they. Give them every chance you can, and if you run out of patients or ideas, have them work with someone else. If that fails, then there may be a problem.
Hmmmm......I've just spoken to a friend of his and found out a few things.
First, he's previously admitted that he hardly used the simulator at all.....2 or 3 times at most apparently
Geez.....information that would have been handy a few months ago!
Second, apparently he normally wears glasses......pretty high strength too......but he's never worn them at the field. He's only ever worn sunglasses, which don't have prescription lenses. I think that's probably a large part of the perspective problem.
Third, and much more serious, he's just (in the last couple of days) been airlifted to hospital for emergency heart surgery
Running around at footy training and suffered a burst aorta (if the information I've got is correct)
So, it's unlikely he'll be back for some time (several months at least I'm told).
I should also add that I'm the only person at my club (which is very small......15 members, half of which no longer fly....just turn up for a chat) who is currently prepared to teach. The only 2 other guys (brothers) who are good enough pilots just don't fly regularly enough to do it. One of them is only here every second weekend, but doesn't always fly on that day either. The other works shift work and doesn't fly much at all anymore.
So, when this guy gets back on the road to recovery, we might just have a chance if I can get him to use the sim and to get some prescription lenses for his sunnies
