My Biggest Piece of Advice to Student Pilots

[@AirplaneAcademy]

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[@RoscoeMcGillicuddy]

As always, you spit pure fire, sir. I've had my PPL for two years, I only get to fly about 1-2 times per month now. But I have it in my head that any time the wind is more than seven knots it's too gusty for me. This limits my confidence in going up sometimes. So I'm saying it here: I'm not confident in flying in moderate wind conditions.. YET.

[@benmcphee4401]

This is the exact video I needed, at the exact moment I needed it. Thankyou.

[@mikejettusa]

This mindset can be applied to almost anything. Thanks 👍

[@solgoode1]

This channel should have more subs. This guy's passion for aviation and all the help he offers with his video are very appreciated. Keep it up man!

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thanks a bunch! Nice of you

[@charleswood3705]

Been flying for 53 years….and still have not had a perfect flight YET🤔✈️

[@lisamarks4651]

😮

[@KevinTalbotTV]

i have not crashed yet 🤣

[@nea273]

I don't think that is something you want to get good at. 🤣

[@kazflight]

This channel has been consistently great for highlighting the humbling moments of flying/training. I have no doubt that it has saved a few students and pilots from quitting during the low points of motivation. These highs and lows continue even after training, and these videos are a great reminder for experienced pilots as well. Thank You, Charlie

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thank you, I appreciate that! If it's helped anyone I'm pumped!

[@brianberezowski5352]

Dude ... A big THANK YOU from CYQT for this video ... and all your other videos. GREAT content ... Inspirational and motivational. My last flight was 2 years ago with the Chief flight instructor. We did a simulated check ride. After landing he said I'm signing your PTR (Pilot Training Record) time to schedule a check ride with Transport Canada. I had a total of 54 hours logged. Well as you said in your video ... "Life can get in the way" and it did. I have yet to complete that final check ride. This spring (2025) I'm going back. I know it will take a NUMBER of flights to get my butt comfortable in the seat again but at 63 I'm not getting any younger. lol Time to GET THIS DONE. Again, thank you for sharing your passion for aviation and the time and energy you put into your videos. It HELPS more people than you know. Two thumbs up!

[@AirplaneAcademy]

I'm so glad you found it encouraging. Don't worry, you aren't alone... I had to try to get my commercial several different times because of life getting in the way. You can do this!! Excited for you. Keep us posted!

[@digitalpilotnm]

Yet, with some practice you will find it is easier to fly right seat! :). Then moving on to doing the walk and talk, ergo fly and teach it……. Also becoming a CFI and then really teaching people will be a mindset change. What, Wait, I’m the instructor now ?? I’m not good at this, yet! Over time and focus on being a good instructor you will become one. Thanks for all your advocacy for GA. Trust yourself!!

[@established_on_the_run]

I don’t have my medical or even my student license… yet. But I plan on getting both of those by the end of the year. In the mean time, I’m having a lot of fun researching online ground schools, talking with local flight schools, and networking with other student pilots / pilots / avgeeks. Love this channel and all of the motivation and genuine passion that you show, Charlie!

[@AirplaneAcademy]

You've got this!!

[@Steve-kj9tx]

I'm three hours (plus the one hour discovery ride) into my PPL Journey, and I've watched so much KZbin of people flying that I feel like I'm way behind... All the things good pilots make look easy, are not easy. But flying is fun and I have to keep reminding myself I'm three hours into training that takes 50-60 hours on average and most of the people I watch on KZbin have hunderes (or thousands) of hours.

[@mikejettusa]

Keep up the good work 👍. You got this

[@KasualKaos]

Keep going and always remember that every single one of them was exactly where you are at some point.

[@jdoneal]

Thank you again Charlie! I was interested in flying when I came across your channel, but one of your videos actually got me started in the process of becoming a private pilot. I passed my physical and ground school, but now have been stalled for 9 months. Thank you for this video. I will get back into saving enough money to train for my pilot's license! God bless you my friend (you are an encouraging friend to me, even though we have never met)!

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thank you for sharing - very kind of you. So pumped that you have been getting started! You're not alone in taking a break... try not to beat yourself up over it and just figure out what the next small step is that you need to take and do that. Then repeat the process. None of it happens overnight unfortunately so all we can do is one step at a time. Rooting for you! Keep us posted.

[@jdoneal]

Thank you so much Charlie for taking the time to respond. I will keep you posted. May God bless you!@@AirplaneAcademy

[@eletmonti]

Great approach to learning indeed: so easy, so effective.Thank you.

[@duttybrown]

Well said thank you.

[@jimjernigan3670]

This is priceless advice for learning ANYTHING new. I had the same doubts but kept plodding through with the 'growth mindset'. All the way through PPL, IFR and recently CPL. All exceeding my own expectations by just using the word 'yet'.

[@RogerLeATX]

I'm not good at knowing the systems of the Cessna 172 ... yet! Preparing for my Commercial ride as well! Thanks for making this video I and many others needed it!

[@harvyk5003]

Talking to ATC is my weakness, my local airport is a combination of GA / Military and commercial, so this afternoons lesson I was doing my warm up watching two A320's taxi out in front of me and a B737 park in front. Whilst it is very cool as a student pilot to be playing around in this airspace with them, it is also very intimidating. I'll get there. Talking to ATC is basically the final thing I need sorted before my solo. I worry about not saying all the words or all the words in the right order, so it's as much a mental thing for me to overcome. It was also nice this afternoon when ATC gave me my taxi clearance back from the runway to GA parking, I have shorthand reply, they repeated my clearance, and I realised they were after the full readback, so yes it was no biggie and as my instructor said afterwards, really ATC is nothing more than a conversation.

[@hefeibao]

As someone who got stuck at "unable to master that one last skill" during my training - when everything else was a breeze - that "yet" is a great reminder. Wish I had that advice earlier.

[@jamesgraham1779]

So I started studying everything I could when it came to Aviation I can't think of the correct name but I took my maiden flight with an instructor and fell in love, I signed up with the King online school I am 63 years Young, I work two jobs as an operating engineer in Las Vegas in the hotels, and life got busy, and the course got tougher with the mapping, so I have to have knee surgery starting on the 11th and will be off of both jobs for 6 weeks, so there is a flight school at the North Las Vegas airport that has classes on Saturday which is in between my two jobs I will be signing up there and studying a lot while I'm off work, but your words of inspiration and the key word yet , are so inspirational to me and I cannot thank you enough I've never had a hobby and I absolutely love this flying, but the most important thing to me is safety for myself any of my family and friends and anyone around me thanks again Jim Graham

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thanks for sharing Jim. Sounds like you're working very hard. Way to go. It's not easy and you're right, it's complicated and confusing and takes a lot of effort. It's so worth it though. Hang in there!! Keep us posted. I'm rooting for you.

[@miloswanson9646]

I am one of the 50-80% that quit. I started my flight training 50 years ago. Yeah, I'm old. Back then, my hang-up was radio communications. Think back to the mid-'70s (of course YOU are too young for that). I'm a teenager in a Cessna 150. NO HEADSETS back then - they just were not all that common for private pilots! All we had was the scratchy/tinny speaker in the wingroot by the pilot's left ear. The mic was a corded mic down by the elevator trim wheel. Not only did I have to hear the speaker over the engine noise, and recognize that they were talking to ME, but then I had to use a hand (one on yoke, so I had to use my throttle hand) to reach for- and use the mic. I missed a LOT of radio calls, especially since I was taking my training out of a major airport - a United Airlines hub at the time... Then Life got in the way... Now that I'm a 'Silverhead', retired and have the time, finishing up my PPL is on my 'bucket list'. I'm retaking my entire ground school over, using an on-line course since things have changed significantly over the years... I passed my Third Class Medical. Got my new Student License. I even bought a noise-cancelling headset (what a Godsend!). My instructor is somewhat impressed that I still have decent 'stick/rudder' skills - maybe those 25 hours in my logbook from 50 years ago will still 'count' for something, LOL! I have a good feeling about finishing my PPL within the next year. ...and then, maybe, Instrument :D

[@dluksch1]

First solo XC today. I’m not allowed to fly through clouds…yet!

[@shaneshannon5684]

Congrats bro!

[@wes_d]

Excellent life advice!

[@robc6883]

Thanks Charlie!! I needed to hear this today!! It was like you were speaking directly to me. My IFR training and life in general has been very frustrating lately. "I'm not a great IFR pilot... YET!!"

[@sky_professor3051]

I like that framing. It's been hard work, but we will get there yet.

[@andrewagner2035]

Greetings from Cape Town. Been flying since the war…. Angolan.

[@catherinekilgour2563]

Making my study a priority. I have a list of what needs to be done and I just need to start at the top of the list and prioritise tasks on my list, and not everyone else's list.

[@wesleyj7576]

I'm not instrument rated YET! Finances and time will come my way! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@gbglobetrotter]

I am finishing a law degree over the next few months and I am going to apply “yet” to law! A PPL will come after a law degree, so I will use “yet” again then! Helpful video today - for law!

[@danielcoakley9109]

Really good advice,thank you I am not a CFI yet.

[@SuperAirplanemaster]

I am not great in the right seat and teaching lessons yet but by the end of this year, I will be a master pilot in both the left and right seat and I’ll be a master instructor

[@Another_Zephyr]

I haven't started. Yet in a week I do and it's scary looking at everything there is to learn. Thanks for the advice, because I'm 'scared i'm gonna need that encouragement. (especially with mention of all the regulations I have yet to learn)

[@AirplaneAcademy]

You've got this!!

[@kaushikccu]

Excellent refocus and motivation, as always. Thank you, Charlie, you are so great at this. I'm getting ready for my checkride, and I'm not consistent with the various types of landings... YET.

[@ericuwimana4221]

Thank you so much for sharing.. After watching one of your video, I decided to follow my passion and find a flight school to go after my dream it's been almost two months. I got my Medical and permission from CAA of Poland but honestly too much challenges on the way. Appreciate your motivation.

[@AirplaneAcademy]

So pumped for your progress! Thank you for sharing. There will be some hurdles along the way (like you're experiencing). Hang in there and share your progress with others. It'll help you to keep going.

[@nothingtoseehere4026]

Your channel is really good. Excellent editing and thoughtful commentary.

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thank you, glad you enjoy!

[@flyguy1637]

Excellent video! I’m going to show it to my students!

[@JohnGonzalezFL]

I am a _very_ low-time student pilot (3.8 hours and waiting to get my medical before continuing) and I am not good at stalls… yet! I want to get to the point where they don’t scare the daylights out of me.

[@KristopherLamont]

It will come. I was like that. As you continue practicing stalls, you will get more comfortable with them. I used to think I was going to do something to crash the airplane during stall practices or the airplane would fall out of the sky. Once I learned to trust the airplane and realized what the stalls were simulating, I was fine. You’ll get there. 😊

[@AreeshaAli-f3j]

Thankyou for thé vidéo . This means world to me .

[@nkawtg4]

Thanks for this! I'm studying right now to go pass the written. So I'm not good at weather....yet! lol. I'll keep saying that for lots of things as I go I'm sure, and I'm not even sure what they are...YET! Cheers.

[@burdettheithold1534]

I needed to hear this.

[@avbriefs838]

This is great advice, well done!

[@sxf093020]

You are not doomed…yet 😅 That was almost as sneaky as door number one. Great video and congrats on your commercial ratings, Charlie!

[@MagnificentOne]

Transition to right seat is shocking in how uncomfortable you feel even doing simple things like turning. But in a few flights, it will be completely natural. Apparently you’re allowed to take your Commercial checkride in the right seat if you request it so some schools now have their student pilots go through CPL in right seat. That way maneuvers are easier when going through CFI training. Just a thought.

[@timfarias133]

I’m not good at instrument approach procedures… yet💯

[@mjlarimore]

Love your content

[@cuttingconversations5161]

We don't talk about the mental challenges of becoming a pilot enough. Thanks man

[@SkyTime-u6f]

I am slow in ground classes ..yet. I hope to clear my exams on the first attempt. subscriber from India

[@imEthanDeVries]

lol i love how it said on screen, “you are not doomed… yet” 😂

[@gregmeadors9624]

I flew right seat with a fellow pilot and realized it was not that easy!

[@rapinncapin123]

Great video

[@keko-jones540]

I am struggling getting my pattern work right after 10 years of not flying (as a student). I feel like I am dumb or dumber than back then, heck I had soloed and done my long x-country. So, I feel like am playing catch up with myself. I am trying to keep the faith, but I feel like the other students are acing it while I'm struggling with the basics. I'm not good and my pattern work... yet.

[@joemalpass6370]

"You are not doomed... Yet". lol 😂 not sure I would have included that.

[@mikejettusa]

I was wondering if anyone else would catch that, 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SmashedUson]

You are not doomed yet lol I seen that 😂.. love ur videos even though I’m not a pilot yet. 😊

[@johnware2735]

I am on my husbands pad. I’m taking private pilot lessons. I’m over 60 so ground school took two goes and those landings are mot on centerline YET.

[@Ajvella31]

I feel like ive seen you do this exact content in the past. Are you remaking old videos?

[@lennywallace9201]

A checkride stands between me and my license. Any strategies for studying for the knowledge exam?

[@lennywallace9201]

I’m super worried and have been up and down on the motivation train. I still study cause it’s my passion and I got discipline but the amount of knowledge is overwhelming and I feel like I won’t remember everything. I feel like what I’m already doing is not enough

[@AirplaneAcademy]

You're not alone. For my commercial license last year I would take practice tests and then take notes of anything I missed and go back and study that, then repeat the process. Eventually I had a document of only the things I was missing and that became my study guide. I took probably 15 practice tests and started in the low 80's and ended up getting a 95 on my written test. The 5 I missed were just really oddly worded and I don't remember thinking "I have no clue" but more like "this feels like a trick question" lol.

[@JepMaster8]

I'm terrified of stalls...yet. Hmmm... doesn't make me feel any better.

[@dont5310]

Or, I haven't become comfortable with stalls... yet.

[@danure]

Can't overcome the cost right now to continue. Very frustrating...

[@Stake713]

I'm not good at taking off and maintaining straight and level.... yet

[@mjlarimore]

I am not yet comfortable doing solo stalls.

[@sniper887]

I’m not where I want to be for regulatory knowledge for the checkride…YET. Been hitting the books almost every day to get myself there.

[@AirplaneAcademy]

You've got this!

[@nyrubin]

I don't have enough money to get cfi and double I, yet.

[@nyrubin]

Is not working 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nyrubin]

Yet* 😂

[@NatesRandomVideo]

I thought you were going to say “trim”. lol 😂

[@raymondlancaster3355]

Most of the people that start flying end up quitting one way or the other. Some never get their license, some get it and barely use it, some get it and let it fall into state of disuse. it’s fair to say the majority quit at some point. For some reason getting the license seems to be some goal that turns out not to really have a purpose for a lot of people. A private pilots license is really not that practical for a working person with a family. Find a friend with a plane or one who has license and can rent a plane and do a lot of flying with them. It may cost you some money but you need to do it for a while. If you really want to keep doing it after it’s not so thrilling then maybe get your license. It seems all these people act like getting a pilots license is some proof that you’re an exceptional human being. Almost anybody can physically fly an airplane and acquire the requisite skills. Frankly is not that hard. I’ve noticed a lot of men who are not very athletic find some comfort in believing that flying an airplane shows that they have the “right stuff”. For almost everybody flying it will be a financial battle. The 3-D simulators will be getting good and that will probably save a lot of people a lot of money in 20 years. And don’t bother telling me I’m a negative human being to make yourself feel better. just deal with the reality. It’s good to be excited about life, but a lot of people get a little too giddy about flying. I love my airplane, but everything just worked out for me in my later years. Odds are not in most peoples favor. Food for thought.

[@joey-bl3do]

Controlling my altitude yet

[@AYooo_Its_D]

As of September 2024 I'm not great at steep turns yet.

[@alankroit]

I'm not good at cross country training using paper maps, yet.

[@Anjam_Malik]

Not mastered the flare …. Yet 😢

[@pika1111]

I don’t have the money to switch my career to aviation yet. I’ll figure it out.

[@davidcole333]

You can be bad at it until you become good at it under two conditions. 1) You have the money to do so. 2) You don't kill yourself or someone else along the way.

[@cryptoslacker-464]

Im not good at making you tube videos or playing Guitar well yet ❤

[@imEthanDeVries]

i’m not great at steep turns…yet

[@SukipKaur]

👍

[@KasualKaos]

Mine is simple. I dont have the money...Yet. 😂

[@Khaladkar2tv]

I havent made my CFI quit..... Yet.. 😂

[@G-Reacts615]

I do not know anything about flying... YET

[@00Skyfox]

I have not won a lottery to afford my own airplane…yet.

[@taiyo-alt1360]

Im not good at getting paid enough to become a pilot... yet

[@ralphjohnston2123]

I'm not broke... yet. 😄

[@ViperVideo]

So you’re recycling videos now? This is old

[@garycorbin1962]

First

[@itismylifesogoforit]

really good advice!

[@SukipKaur]

Great advice yet getting use to the cax studies written and understanding..way different from the studies I have done in u.k ppl which I have .. so keep on moving and achieve my goal👍🫡