5 MISTAKES MOST PILOTS MAKE - Common flying errors I see as a flight instructor flying with pilots

[@benc1103]

Nice work on the videos. I have a nephew that just started ATP flight school where their instructors just learned to fly last year. I have to fill in gaping holes in their training, much of that with your videos (from an "experienced" instructor. Not many of you guys around). I'm a former USAF instructor, current Airline captain with CFI/II/MEL and I have my hands full keeping my nephew "on course". Your videos are great. As soon as he's done with his PPL we'll add Tailwheel and Aerobatics on the side (at a nearby FBO) so he can really learn to fly before he picks up too many bad habits at the "pilot puppy farm". By the way, I used the "pencil trick" when teaching formation flying 40 years ago. Great tips get passed down through the generations.

[@TheFinerPoints]

Good for you to fill in those holes! He should also work with our Ground School app, hat's why we made it. It's like having an experienced CFI in your pocket ... everyone can have access to this now, even if they don't have an awesome uncle like you!

[@TheFinerPoints]

www.learnthefinerpoints.com/ground-school

[@lawrencebill8932]

Ditto Ben C. I also used the pencil trick teaching formation 40 years ago! I have sent a highly experienced Commercial candidate to the Finer Points channel to learn his commercial maneuvers.

[@benc1103]

@@lawrencebill8932 “Willie” class 83-03

[@kaasmeester5903]

Everyone should have an uncle like that :)

[@JulioHernandez-gz5lr]

I am using the app at the suggestion of my CFI. I am a Rusty pilot last PIC 1985. Your app is invaluable to me as I am basically having to relearn all the ground school theory. Having references like AIM quickly linked to a PDF makes life so much simpler. I am visual so videos help a ton. My second best investment was getting 10 hours of sailplane time. My rudder usage improved exponentially.

[@jgnderitu]

Very nice summary. Positioning of flight controls for wind during taxi is something I DEFINITELY need to fix in 2023.

[@AndrewNorton89]

Jason! Thank you so much for the videos. I passed my private pilot checkride this weekend. I've spent hours watching your videos and picking up tips to improve my flying. I'm grateful for the awesome content you put out!

[@brianb5594]

Jason, as a fellow CFI I have to say you are spot on with those 5 things. Lack of rudder usage is a big one and I have seen numerous times and especially with cross wind landings.

[@75Seneca2]

Great tips Jason. You are so right about the death grip on the yoke coming back to bite people during their IFR training…don’t ask me how I know. I will say once that’s corrected it’s a world of difference!

[@richardbonander1507]

Good stuff Thank you Jason

[@dh-flies]

I plan on flying out west this summer from Illinois. Would love to visit and have you go up with me in my Bristell and see if you can teach me stuff I may be missing...Your channel is wonderful. Great advice and you have a way of conveying techniques in very simple, easy to grasp way.

[@skyepilotte11]

Great reinforcement tips for new and old pilots...nice job.

[@MrBenkix]

I really love your videos- I feel bad- My cfi just took my money and wants nothing to do with me- 😢- You like your students.

[@KimWentworth-y8e]

It's amazing when you go under the hood with just flight instruments how much more difficult it is to fly. It takes more brain power - More task saturated. Then when you take your hood off and get to look outside, flying becomes easy. I guess looking out the window is way easier for me than looking at the attitude indicator and scanning the instruments .

[@maxmaurin277]

You are so right. Just found two of these problems in my own behaviour. Lack of procedures and the Lindberg reference. Thank you

[@TheFinerPoints]

Music to my ears Max!

[@lawrencebill8932]

Video recommendation: I was thinking about advice for CFI's on Discovery Flights. I can think of a couple recent Discovery Flight fatal accidents that may have been prevented. I understand the assumption is "student lockup" and have heard about techniques to overpower the prospect(?). When I give a Discovery Flight, we practice transfer of flight controls many times taxiing out. I never let the prospect make the takeoff. In the REMOS we fly, it has very quick acceleration on takeoff and it is easy for the prospect to confuse instructor directed rudder input with prospect executed stick input. This recommendation is made based on experiences that accelerated my aging..........

[@prestonmiller9552]

Great 5 things you selected Jason. As always, your channel provides the best tips and tricks. I have used the Lindberg reference many times after learning that trick from your great videos. Thanks for all you do to help pilots stay up with the finer points. Of course we all know the Millers are always on top of the finer points.

[@GooberPilot]

It doesn’t really work in the 152, from what I’ve seen. The curvature of the dash isn’t the same.

[@TheFinerPoints]

@@GooberPilot It definitely works, in all light airplanes. In the C152 it's through the side window (forward through the side window, if you know what I mean). Try it next time, sit upright, back straight and note how you can see the horizon through the side window as you look forward through that Lindbergh reference.

[@kimberlywentworth9160]

I have to have a good grip for me when I am landing (Flare) or taking off. My fingers could slip on take-off. And if I have to do a go around, I want a better hold of the yoke because I may be trimmed for landing and I have push forward on the yoke as not to pitch to much (airspeed and angle of attack) After that I can use just my fingers to control the yoke. I have small hands.

[@TheFinerPoints]

If that's truly the way it works (that you then go to light grip when the heavy one isn't "needed" ... OK) But if I were your CFI, you'd have to prove to me that this is what was happening and not just what you think is happening. ;-)

[@CH-lc3yf]

Brilliant. As usual.

[@ibgarrett]

I'm sure my checkout with you would be a hot mess with the bad habits I have... I continue to work on these items...

[@ryancham]

I'm curious as to the effects the grip has down the line? I am not a pilot, full disclosure. I'm trying to figure out how to make it happen. I have been watching every video I can in the meantime. You seem like the kind of CFI I would like to find in my area, good information and instilling good techniques. Most of what I have been finding is what others have mentioned, new CFIs that just don't have the knowledge that someone with experience will have. New sub too! :)

[@curtinfam]

Hey Jason, as always great nuggets is wisdom. Question, is there an instrument ground school in the works?

[@theresacarpenter1962]

That was awesome thank you!!

[@TheFinerPoints]

You’re welcome! 🙌🏻

[@Parr4theCourse]

Great tips!!!

[@SVSky]

I'm curious now! I'd love to fly with you sometime and see what you notice. I don't fly the -172 much so I'll have to get current on that first.

[@Fly1024]

I never heard anything about the Lindbergh reference, but when I tried mounting my iPad with a suction cup to the left side of the window, my takeoff and landings were really bad. I actually had to remove the iPad from the window before continuing the flight.

[@TheFinerPoints]

www.learnthefinerpoints.com/the-lindbergh-reference

[@goatflieg]

Duly noted.

[@vincentremazeilles504]

Happy new year aviators !! :)

[@darrylday30]

I’m getting 4 out of 5. At least I think I am. We’ll find out on my next check ride.

[@kene8895]

Jason I would love to take your private pilot ground school. How's the Android version coming along!

[@TheFinerPoints]

There will be a solution eventually, stay tuned! Have you ever considered spending $300 on an iPad dedicated to flying? Then you could have ForeFlight too!

[@kene8895]

@@TheFinerPoints "Eventually" huh, I will take that for now.

[@jjraga]

i know a lot of pilots and flight instructors talk about applying right rudder during takeoff and climbout because of the left turning tendency of the cessna, so i go ahead and try to apply right rudder. but every time i end up to the right of the extended centerline during the climbout, and drifting right just after lifting off. i had thought i was applying a very miniscule amount of right rudder, but i find myself drifting to the right anyways. any thoughts on how i could go about improving this?

[@4-7th_CAV]

If you are looking at the runway centerline just in front of the nose of the plane during takeoff, I would suggest that you try looking farther down the runway and let your peripheral vision subconsciously tell you how much right rudder to use. It might be your perspective that is throwing you off on how much input of the right rudder you actually need.

[@jjraga]

@@4-7th_CAV ohh ok thank u so much, i have my next lesson tomorrow morning so i will try to keep that in mind. thanks for the tip!

[@4-7th_CAV]

@@jjraga You are very welcome... I hope it helps. When I first started training to become a CFI, I was repeatedly told to never relate driving a car with flying an airplane. But, sometimes I think that correlation is necessary. That being said, if you have difficulty looking farther down the runway, or the taxiway for that matter when taxing and have trouble maintaining a track on the centerline, just remember that when you make a turn in a car you always turn your head, or at least look with your eyes, to "where" you are turning to and not at the hood of the car. The same principle applies to taxiing and taking off. Look to where you are going, not right in front of the nose.

[@jjraga]

@@4-7th_CAV I'll keep that in mind too, thank you very much! thanks for insight and the tips :)

[@blarsen8]

Unpopular opinion. The military has procedures. The airlines have procedures. The FAA has procedures. YOU don’t have procedures, you have techniques.

[@kaasmeester5903]

Pedantic 2 cents 😁 : Procedures are defined for a group, standardized and documented. Techniques (or more accurately: routines) are personal.

[@Rodgerball]

MORE RIGHT RUDDER

[@MargaretLeber]

Let us know when there's an Android version. Or just a web-based one.

[@23103a]

🙄

[@TheFinerPoints]

Will do! If you’re not on the mailing list that’s a great way to stay updated on our progress

[@MargaretLeber]

@@TheFinerPoints Just mention it on Patreon.

[@SorenHume]

It'll probably take me half of the coming year to get my IFR and CPL, but once I do, I very much want to come to SFO and get my CFI/II with you, Jason. I wonder if this is something you do

[@TheFinerPoints]

It is! You can email me at [e-mail] (Flight Training in the title will help)