If you’re looking for an independent CFI to do accelerated flight training with, shoot me an email and I’ll match you up with a suitable CFI in my network. Trent@flywithtrent.com
I had a bad experience with one miserable flight instructor. The guy was never friendly with other people and never said hello to me outside the school or flight hours. One day early morning at 6am he sent me a message to my phone stating that lesson has been cancelled due to a bad weather. I’ve replanned my day, after 3 hours the manager call me from the flight school and asked me why I didn’t attend my flying lesson without any notice or explanation. I told him that my flight was cancelled due to a bad weather. The manager said to me that he spoke to the flight instructor and he told him that he didn’t cancelled the flight , the student (me) simply didn’t attend the lesson. I forwarded a screenshot shot from my conversation with a flight instructor to a school manager and told him that I’m not a liar and you should check carefully behaviour of your employees. Since that time I was always avoiding that guy and refusing to have a lessons with him.
I started my PPL journey at a flight school where I was constantly switched between instructors, all of whom gave me conflicting instructions. I always had to adapt to whoever was flying with me. In essence I had to adjust my checklists and handling of the aircraft based on who was in the cockpit at the time. At times this got very confusing and when I eventually flew with the DFE who was also the owner of the school, I got crapped on and shouted at so badly for not knowing which set of instructions to follow, that it would cause me to mess up totally, sending my anxiety through the roof and would cause me to forget even the most basic checks in the circuit. At times the controls was just grabbed out of my hands, (not to save us from a dangerous situation), with no verbal communication such as "My controls". I assume this was done out of anger because he was suffering from his own dose of anxiety at the time and obviously took it out on me. I have also never had a pre- or post flight briefing of debriefing. Most of the manuvres such as landings, crosswind landings and a few other was never explained to me. Never was I told where I should try and improve or what I should focus on. I had to learn about the roundout, sideslip and dropping a wing into a crosswind on UA-cam. I have had to go through an actual forced landing with another new instructor, who was actually pretty decent. Two weeks after that, the school had a fatal accident after an engine failure. After that incident plus, the flight where the DFE crapped all over me, I decided to move to another school, that wasn't the cheapest on the block, but with a excellent track record. I will be starting there soon.
@@chrisdutoit2641 Yikes! That is absolutely horrible and I’m so sorry that you had to experience that. Have you considered training with an independent CFI? I am now helping some other folks to build a network of independent CFI around the country and if you would like to see if we have one in your area, please shoot me an email to trent@flywithtrent.com
@@trent_dyrsmid Hi Trent. I am in a different country, currently living in South Africa, where the questionable flight school is located. What saddened me most was that I referred so many people there. But I am starting at one of the best schools in the country soon. But, speaking from experience now, a bad flight school can easily rob anyone of their dream. Thank you for a great channel.
@ Chris, sorry to hear that you had a frustrating experience with your first Flight School. I hope the second one works out much better for you! If it turns out that you need help finding a qualified independent CFI to do accelerated flight training with, shoot me an email.
I got lucky, I had a CFI who was firm and efficient but also understanding and patient, and when he left for the regionals my new CFI was somehow even better. He embraced ForeFlight and we just had to do paper navlogs for the cross countries. I did a paper navlog for my checkride too but when we diverted my DPE told me I could put it away and the whole time never failed my ForeFlight.
My CFI just dropped me as a student after completing the dual XC work saying that I wasn’t listening to him or was dismissive of his advice. Problem was that I began to see him as a fellow crew member instead of the student/teacher role. I’m blaming the issue on communication… or lack thereof. It sucks that this would happen at this stage in my training but it may be a blessing.
I had a bad CFI during an aircraft checkout. I wasn’t really familiar with the airport and after I landed and cleared the runway, I was doing my after landing checklist and he went nuts saying the hold line was another 25 feet ahead which didn’t have a sign and the pavement marking were faded. He didn’t sign me off, referred me to the chief flight instructor for a re-checkout and told me I could have been cited for an incursion even though I was cleared to land, landed and I hadn’t switch over to ground yet. The chief flight instructor offered a different CFI and I didn’t have to fly with him, (the chief himself) for the checkout.
@@CarsonU2 since recording that video a few weeks ago, I’ve come up with a much better solution. I’m now a part of a network of independent flight instructors around the country and if you wanna shoot me an email, I can help you get connected with one of them. It will be far less expensive than the school in Arizona.
On my way to my first flight lesson. Watching your channel has been instrumental in me beginning this process. I think I have picked the right flight school after watching this. Lots of brand new planes, i scheduled next week already and my instructor is very available
I am curious… are you saying that learning old school first on building off of that into the tech bits would be bad? Or are you talking about an instructor/school that only teaches on steam gauges and hand flying. Like, are you opposed to using the first as a foundation, and would propose starting with ForeFlight and glass cockpit? I would think a proficiency in both would be beneficial, so as to understand the WHY behind how the tech works
@@danielrich2338 I don’t have any big problem with him flying on steam gauges during the early stages of your PPL, but after that I believe strongly that taking advantage of current technology is the way to go.
@ ok, thanks for the response… that seems like the best way to go, I was just a little unclear on the nuance behind what you were saying. I’m in the Boise area, and a few months ago your videos piqued my interest in aviation again - been making some changes in schedule to make it possible to train, and all I have left is getting financing in order. Really looking forward to the prospect of making it happen, and interested in your future journey as well in the airlines
@@danielrich2338 Best of luck! And if you need a CFI referral just fill out the form on my PPL page on my website and I’ll find you someone really good.
Well D done Trent! Here's one for you and your viewers then. CFI is a common route for hr building as we know, however as a UK national but thinking FAA might be the better route, the M class visa issued for persons training in the USA doesn't allow to my knowledge to be paid whilst in the USA once CFI is achieved. Doing volunteer flying and grabbing anything for hr time would seriously slow the process down. Anybody got get any tips on this one? I would be looking at completing the training modular, but still full time. It is an interesting complex world!
@@General_Direction The only thing I can think of would be to buy a used plane that also happened to come with a part 135 cert (charter co). That might allow you to get an E2 investor visa and then you could just teaching your own plane. Maybe you wouldn’t even need the part 135 cert. Def a question for an immigration lawyer.
In the 225 program myself. Just starting my CFI ratings and looking to have multi/CFI done by the end of March. Southwest has the bring your own partner policy now where we can instruct at any 141/61 school. Definitely thinking of moving back to the Boise area to instruct. How was it with getting students in Boise? Would you recommend the independent route or go through a school like Silverhawk or Carmel Aviation?
@@tompyle11 Both of my mentor and I took the independence. CFI wrote here in Boise and both of us were as busy as we wanted to be. I got all my students from social media and he got all of his students from networking and word-of-mouth. I highly recommend that you take a similar path as long as you are willing to do the work necessary to attract the students and secure the aircraft. and if you do that, make sure you let me know because I am helping to build a network of independent CFI’s around the country and I’ll be referring many students into this network.
@Trent_Dyrsmid that sounds great to me! I am available to instruct as soon as April. If you are able to send students my way, that would be great! I’ll send you an email later today.
Trent, I think you should, instead of going to the regionals, open your own flight school. You're very much a people person and have the ability to connect well with people so easily.
@@antoniog9814 I appreciate your feedback, but at this point in time, that’s just not part of my plan. I’m really looking forward to flying for the airlines and building my real estate portfolio. I have decades of owning businesses with lots of employees and I’m just not feeling like I want to have to do that again. The thing I am doing is helping to build a nationwide network of independent flight instructors. I’ll then be referring people who need a CFI to the instructors in this network. So if that’s you, send me a DM or an email.
Great idea! Trent is doing just that, and has been an inspiration to hundreds of us independent CFIs around the country! Autopilot and use of EFBs is critical! You must use Foreflight or Garmin. (extra batteries, backup phone etc)! Contact Trent for more information about finding an independent CFI in our network. He is helping us build a nationwide network of independent CFIs that all agree to train faster and cheaper. Having a plan from your first flight is key! Keep following Trent for updates!
So I am about to try to embark on my career 2.0 in aviation. You and the fellow pilots you work with gave me the push I needed to start this journey. Do you know or have any recommendations for flight training schools near DFW? There are a LOT and it is kind of overwhelming trying to find the right path. What are your thoughts on ATP?
@@johnhedrick4300 I would suggest you train with an independent instructor and if you’d like to send me an email I can connect you with one in your market trent@flywithtrent.com
I have one constructive criticism that is preventing me from watching anymore of your content: extremely loud unnecessary soundtrack in the beginning and after every section… please lower the volume, reduce the use or like how the best UA-camrs do, just cut it out. No one is here for documentary style production quality.. we just want to hear you speak with the visuals you’ve providing. Thanks - a potential subscriber
Agreed with this. Music is too loud and way too much fluff. The content is good once you get to it, but 3mins until you get to #1 is excessive. Not trying to be negative, but feel like this could have been a shorter video.
I agree. CFI is critical. There are 3 ways folks learn. 80% of people are visual, some are auditory, some go by feeling. If you are the latter, I suggest you find a different skill to learn. With the other two, your CFI needs to match or be adept enough to learn quickly which you are. Great information Trent!
Hey Trent, I've been following this channel for a while now, and I was wondering your thoughts on the future of pilots in aviation. I'm a tad bit worried about of if the role of a co-pilot will exist in the near future. Looking at how human pilots are cause for many aircraft crashes & how the "flight engineer" role was phased out back in the late 1980s, it's hard for me to see how airline companies will continue with a standard 2-person cockpit. I hope that this isn't the case, but I'm not sure. What do you think?
@@pryo6382 I think that insurance companies rule aviation, and there is absolutely no benefit to an insurance company to have a single pilot in a cockpit. I also think the pilot unions will fight it like mad. Just because the technology exist does not mean that it’s feasible to implement it anytime soon. With all that said, these are just my thoughts and I really don’t have a crystal ball on this particular topic. obviously, if I thought that my job was gonna go away in the next couple of years I never would’ve gone down this path to begin with.
God damn I have all of the above. Doesn’t book more than a day or two in advance, I want to fly everyday. Doesn’t allow iPads. No debrief no pre brief. Just go do this. You did that wrong try again. Certainly no lesson plan.
If you’re looking for an independent CFI to do accelerated flight training with, shoot me an email and I’ll match you up with a suitable CFI in my network. Trent@flywithtrent.com
I had a bad experience with one miserable flight instructor. The guy was never friendly with other people and never said hello to me outside the school or flight hours. One day early morning at 6am he sent me a message to my phone stating that lesson has been cancelled due to a bad weather. I’ve replanned my day, after 3 hours the manager call me from the flight school and asked me why I didn’t attend my flying lesson without any notice or explanation. I told him that my flight was cancelled due to a bad weather. The manager said to me that he spoke to the flight instructor and he told him that he didn’t cancelled the flight , the student (me) simply didn’t attend the lesson. I forwarded a screenshot shot from my conversation with a flight instructor to a school manager and told him that I’m not a liar and you should check carefully behaviour of your employees. Since that time I was always avoiding that guy and refusing to have a lessons with him.
@@UraFlight Yikes!
@@UraFlight goes to show you need to pick and choose your instructor carefully or end up with a ringer as well say in the UK 🙂
@@hjr2000 This was in UK flight school
@UraFlight sounds awful
I started my PPL journey at a flight school where I was constantly switched between instructors, all of whom gave me conflicting instructions. I always had to adapt to whoever was flying with me. In essence I had to adjust my checklists and handling of the aircraft based on who was in the cockpit at the time. At times this got very confusing and when I eventually flew with the DFE who was also the owner of the school, I got crapped on and shouted at so badly for not knowing which set of instructions to follow, that it would cause me to mess up totally, sending my anxiety through the roof and would cause me to forget even the most basic checks in the circuit. At times the controls was just grabbed out of my hands, (not to save us from a dangerous situation), with no verbal communication such as "My controls". I assume this was done out of anger because he was suffering from his own dose of anxiety at the time and obviously took it out on me. I have also never had a pre- or post flight briefing of debriefing. Most of the manuvres such as landings, crosswind landings and a few other was never explained to me. Never was I told where I should try and improve or what I should focus on. I had to learn about the roundout, sideslip and dropping a wing into a crosswind on UA-cam. I have had to go through an actual forced landing with another new instructor, who was actually pretty decent. Two weeks after that, the school had a fatal accident after an engine failure. After that incident plus, the flight where the DFE crapped all over me, I decided to move to another school, that wasn't the cheapest on the block, but with a excellent track record. I will be starting there soon.
@@chrisdutoit2641 Yikes! That is absolutely horrible and I’m so sorry that you had to experience that. Have you considered training with an independent CFI? I am now helping some other folks to build a network of independent CFI around the country and if you would like to see if we have one in your area, please shoot me an email to trent@flywithtrent.com
Share the school name please for awareness
@@trent_dyrsmid Hi Trent. I am in a different country, currently living in South Africa, where the questionable flight school is located. What saddened me most was that I referred so many people there. But I am starting at one of the best schools in the country soon. But, speaking from experience now, a bad flight school can easily rob anyone of their dream. Thank you for a great channel.
@@jkim47ill It is a school in South Africa. On the far eastern border of the Gauteng province, close to the city of Pretoria /Tshwane
@ Chris, sorry to hear that you had a frustrating experience with your first Flight School. I hope the second one works out much better for you! If it turns out that you need help finding a qualified independent CFI to do accelerated flight training with, shoot me an email.
I got lucky, I had a CFI who was firm and efficient but also understanding and patient, and when he left for the regionals my new CFI was somehow even better. He embraced ForeFlight and we just had to do paper navlogs for the cross countries. I did a paper navlog for my checkride too but when we diverted my DPE told me I could put it away and the whole time never failed my ForeFlight.
@@MisterTechnologic 👍👍
My CFI just dropped me as a student after completing the dual XC work saying that I wasn’t listening to him or was dismissive of his advice.
Problem was that I began to see him as a fellow crew member instead of the student/teacher role.
I’m blaming the issue on communication… or lack thereof.
It sucks that this would happen at this stage in my training but it may be a blessing.
@@CheckSixAviation Time will tell. If you need a referral to a new CFI, see my pinned comment.
I had a bad CFI during an aircraft checkout. I wasn’t really familiar with the airport and after I landed and cleared the runway, I was doing my after landing checklist and he went nuts saying the hold line was another 25 feet ahead which didn’t have a sign and the pavement marking were faded. He didn’t sign me off, referred me to the chief flight instructor for a re-checkout and told me I could have been cited for an incursion even though I was cleared to land, landed and I hadn’t switch over to ground yet. The chief flight instructor offered a different CFI and I didn’t have to fly with him, (the chief himself) for the checkout.
@@aviatortrucker6285 🤦♂️ sounds frustrating!
You are right! Excellent, outstanding professional. Brilliant.
@@coreyjordan2745 Thx for watching!
Perfect video on an unspoken topic! Thank you so much Trent
@@swolenation8550 You’re welcome!
Great video Trent! So important to find a good independent flight instructor with structured learning plan. Then Practice! Practice! Practice!
What is the name of the flight school in Arizona that you eluded to in the video? Thank you for your time.
@@CarsonU2 since recording that video a few weeks ago, I’ve come up with a much better solution. I’m now a part of a network of independent flight instructors around the country and if you wanna shoot me an email, I can help you get connected with one of them. It will be far less expensive than the school in Arizona.
On my way to my first flight lesson. Watching your channel has been instrumental in me beginning this process. I think I have picked the right flight school after watching this. Lots of brand new planes, i scheduled next week already and my instructor is very available
@@caseymorton2912 That’s terrific, Casey!
I might, just might, do a trial PPL lesson or two this year. For giggles 😊
Thanks for the content!
@@hjr2000 glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for watching!
@trent_dyrsmid thankyou! 🙂
I am curious… are you saying that learning old school first on building off of that into the tech bits would be bad? Or are you talking about an instructor/school that only teaches on steam gauges and hand flying.
Like, are you opposed to using the first as a foundation, and would propose starting with ForeFlight and glass cockpit?
I would think a proficiency in both would be beneficial, so as to understand the WHY behind how the tech works
@@danielrich2338 I don’t have any big problem with him flying on steam gauges during the early stages of your PPL, but after that I believe strongly that taking advantage of current technology is the way to go.
@ ok, thanks for the response… that seems like the best way to go, I was just a little unclear on the nuance behind what you were saying.
I’m in the Boise area, and a few months ago your videos piqued my interest in aviation again - been making some changes in schedule to make it possible to train, and all I have left is getting financing in order. Really looking forward to the prospect of making it happen, and interested in your future journey as well in the airlines
@@danielrich2338 Best of luck! And if you need a CFI referral just fill out the form on my PPL page on my website and I’ll find you someone really good.
Happy holidays, trent D. My man
@@coreyjordan2745 Thx!
Well D done Trent! Here's one for you and your viewers then. CFI is a common route for hr building as we know, however as a UK national but thinking FAA might be the better route, the M class visa issued for persons training in the USA doesn't allow to my knowledge to be paid whilst in the USA once CFI is achieved. Doing volunteer flying and grabbing anything for hr time would seriously slow the process down. Anybody got get any tips on this one? I would be looking at completing the training modular, but still full time. It is an interesting complex world!
@@General_Direction The only thing I can think of would be to buy a used plane that also happened to come with a part 135 cert (charter co). That might allow you to get an E2 investor visa and then you could just teaching your own plane. Maybe you wouldn’t even need the part 135 cert. Def a question for an immigration lawyer.
In the 225 program myself. Just starting my CFI ratings and looking to have multi/CFI done by the end of March.
Southwest has the bring your own partner policy now where we can instruct at any 141/61 school. Definitely thinking of moving back to the Boise area to instruct. How was it with getting students in Boise? Would you recommend the independent route or go through a school like Silverhawk or Carmel Aviation?
@@tompyle11 Both of my mentor and I took the independence. CFI wrote here in Boise and both of us were as busy as we wanted to be. I got all my students from social media and he got all of his students from networking and word-of-mouth. I highly recommend that you take a similar path as long as you are willing to do the work necessary to attract the students and secure the aircraft. and if you do that, make sure you let me know because I am helping to build a network of independent CFI’s around the country and I’ll be referring many students into this network.
@Trent_Dyrsmid that sounds great to me! I am available to instruct as soon as April. If you are able to send students my way, that would be great! I’ll send you an email later today.
@@trent_dyrsmidjust sent the email! Let me know if you’ve gotten it.
Trent, I think you should, instead of going to the regionals, open your own flight school. You're very much a people person and have the ability to connect well with people so easily.
@@antoniog9814 I appreciate your feedback, but at this point in time, that’s just not part of my plan. I’m really looking forward to flying for the airlines and building my real estate portfolio. I have decades of owning businesses with lots of employees and I’m just not feeling like I want to have to do that again.
The thing I am doing is helping to build a nationwide network of independent flight instructors. I’ll then be referring people who need a CFI to the instructors in this network. So if that’s you, send me a DM or an email.
@@trent_dyrsmid That sounds great. I'm not quite there yet, but you'll be hearing from me.
Great idea! Trent is doing just that, and has been an inspiration to hundreds of us independent CFIs around the country! Autopilot and use of EFBs is critical! You must use Foreflight or Garmin. (extra batteries, backup phone etc)! Contact Trent for more information about finding an independent CFI in our network. He is helping us build a nationwide network of independent CFIs that all agree to train faster and cheaper. Having a plan from your first flight is key! Keep following Trent for updates!
Hi, Trent! My name is Evan Chapman. I am a CFI in the Dallas metroplex and would love to join your network!
@ please send me an email trent@flywithtrent.com
So I am about to try to embark on my career 2.0 in aviation. You and the fellow pilots you work with gave me the push I needed to start this journey. Do you know or have any recommendations for flight training schools near DFW? There are a LOT and it is kind of overwhelming trying to find the right path. What are your thoughts on ATP?
@@johnhedrick4300 I would suggest you train with an independent instructor and if you’d like to send me an email I can connect you with one in your market trent@flywithtrent.com
I have one constructive criticism that is preventing me from watching anymore of your content: extremely loud unnecessary soundtrack in the beginning and after every section… please lower the volume, reduce the use or like how the best UA-camrs do, just cut it out. No one is here for documentary style production quality.. we just want to hear you speak with the visuals you’ve providing. Thanks - a potential subscriber
@@Brick2 Appreciate the feedback. I just posted a survey to see how others feel.
Agreed with this. Music is too loud and way too much fluff. The content is good once you get to it, but 3mins until you get to #1 is excessive. Not trying to be negative, but feel like this could have been a shorter video.
I agree. CFI is critical. There are 3 ways folks learn. 80% of people are visual, some are auditory, some go by feeling. If you are the latter, I suggest you find a different skill to learn. With the other two, your CFI needs to match or be adept enough to learn quickly which you are. Great information Trent!
@@DDDeeter Thx! Glad you enjoyed it.
Hey Trent, I've been following this channel for a while now, and I was wondering your thoughts on the future of pilots in aviation. I'm a tad bit worried about of if the role of a co-pilot will exist in the near future. Looking at how human pilots are cause for many aircraft crashes & how the "flight engineer" role was phased out back in the late 1980s, it's hard for me to see how airline companies will continue with a standard 2-person cockpit. I hope that this isn't the case, but I'm not sure. What do you think?
@@pryo6382 I think that insurance companies rule aviation, and there is absolutely no benefit to an insurance company to have a single pilot in a cockpit. I also think the pilot unions will fight it like mad. Just because the technology exist does not mean that it’s feasible to implement it anytime soon. With all that said, these are just my thoughts and I really don’t have a crystal ball on this particular topic. obviously, if I thought that my job was gonna go away in the next couple of years I never would’ve gone down this path to begin with.
Moyer aviation is the worst in the pocono pa
God damn I have all of the above. Doesn’t book more than a day or two in advance, I want to fly everyday. Doesn’t allow iPads. No debrief no pre brief. Just go do this. You did that wrong try again. Certainly no lesson plan.
@@michaelconnolly3960 Tome for a new CFI.