11 Reasons Why Student Pilots Quit | How to Avoid Them 

As a 20+ year CFI, I would agree that 70% plus dropout rate is correct. The reality is that lot of people find that flying is not what they think it is and they lose interest. A lot of others (a WHOLE lot) do not want to commit to studying. Others get frightened by this or that incident and walk away. I’ve had a lot of primary students that had plenty of money and time but don’t follow through. Flying is not a casual endeavor…it requires a major commitment and, honestly, most people don’t want to put that much effort into learning to fly. Then…though not what the aviation industry wants to acknowledge, not everyone has the ability to do it. Not everyone can be a good lawyer, or carpenter, or plumber, or engineer…not everyone can be a good pilot and marginal piloting skills can get you killed. I tell my students that successful flying is like a three legged stool. One leg is commitment, one leg is good judgement, the third leg is basic physical skills. The stool cannot stand without all three legs.

I almost quit after my first flight. Puked 8 times in one hour...was complete misery. Luckily I stuck with it. 11 years into the career at this point.

1. No set goals 2. Medical problems 3. Running out of money 4. Not enough time 5. Lots of studying 6. The wrong instructor 7. Lack of structure 8. Flying solo 9. It’s not fun anymore 10. Making a mistake 11. Failing your checkride

"If it's important you'll find a way. If it's not you'll find an excuse."

That background music makes me feel like this is a kids show lol

I passed my ppl Checkride yesterday

Becoming a pilot is the best thing ever happened to me - This was my childhood dream and I dreamt about being a pilot almost every day - Started 2 years ago when I was 38 and finished the PPL in june 2018 - Best decision ever - For me there´s nothing in life as much fun as flying - Being up there among the clouds, passing by valleys, rivers and mountains, looking out on the wing and down on the fields and farms and tiny cars far away below me, monotoring the gauges and reading the checklist... sometimes it amaze me why there are not more people into aviation... but I guess it´s just like another hobby, like golf, football or fitness... If you love it, it´s all you think about...

Ran into #12 on my first checkride. Passed the oral, then in the practical, I botched a stall, and kicked the plane into a spin. I froze. I had never encounter a spin before. My nerves got the best of me. Failed the practical because the DPE had to take over. I was devastated, and I almost gave up. In my mind, because I had made a stupid mistake, I would never be a proficient pilot. My instructor and I got back together and we practiced stalls endlessly until I could do it in my sleep. I probably did around 100 stalls of every variety between checkrides. We also discussed spin recovery and what to expect and what to do. Passed my next checkride after that. I’m glad I didn’t give up.

Most of these are absolutely real, justifiable reasons. You literally have to overcome each and everyone of these, but it becomes essential to being a good pilot. I've had my Licenses and Ratings for 45 years, but once you get your first one, you will have gotten over the most difficult mental hump in your flying career. Please, trust me on that -- Private License, Commercial License, Instrument Rating, Seaplane rating, Flight Engineer on C-141s in the Air Force. The most difficult one of these was the Private License, yes, my very first one. I'm not saying that the other ones were easy, but it's a mental thing that you have to overcome in the beginning.

I got my private 38 years ago. I remember thinking then. “How am I ever going to learn All this”? But I did. Then I got my Instrument rating, Commercial and Multi Engine. I’ve owned 3 of my own planes since then. It’s the most fun I ever had with 2 Hands.

I was so close to quitting throughout my training. I had moments - such as an in-flight emergency alongside an instructor - that I felt that I would simply never make a good or safe pilot, or that I would never get the hang of flying, and that I should just give up. They don't tell you about the mental exhaustion that goes with flight training when you sign up. If I hadn't moved across the country or sacrificed so much for my training at that point I may have given up, but I am so happy I pushed through all the tough moments! I have no doubt there will be more difficult times in the future. Anything worth having will be hard work and sacrifice.

I am determined to never quit.! Thank you for making these videos :)) especially this one

I'm a flight school owner and I have to say this is one of the best lists I've seen online. Fantastic job!!

I will never quit until i see my dream come true

When I started on my private, I didn't know anything about aviation. It took me a long time to get my private pilots license and I can say there were times I wanted to quit. A combination of a lot of mistakes, insecurities about soloing, the ridiculous amount of information you had to know, the heartattack we call the checkride, the 6 times I had to shutdown the 150 NM cross country trip because of bad weather, VORs in general, and the disturbing amount of money it cost. I believe it cost me about 15 or so thousand dollars when it was all said and done. Getting this license was the hardest damn thing I have ever done in my life, that being said, it was easily the best thing I ever done. I've never accomplished anything that felt like it required everything I had and to be able to do it, there's just no words to describe it. My biggest tip is to not get all your ratings at once. Space them out a bit. The last thing you want to do is give up aviation because all you're doing is training for 100s of flight hours. When you get a rating, go have fun for a couple months or even a few years. Go enjoy that rating. Get experience with it. Make mistakes and learn from them. Fly in a bunhc of different environments and get really comfortable doing it.Hell, get add on ratings. Just have fun, but be respectful as well.

My husband passed his pilot exam before he had his driver’s license back in the early 1970’s! He no longer flies, but has so many fond memories of his time in the cockpit.

I quit almost two years ago because of a mix of a bad flight instructor and money. I was low on money already and my flight instructor had to take a medical leave. That left me with a bad substitute instructor that I felt I was wasting my money on. I still have no money but this time I have the determination to get my license. Thank you for this video.

I very nearly wiped out on a local solo early in training, coming in to land with some wild winds and a flock of birds on final. The inclinometer swung from one extreme to the other all the way down, and gusts at the surface picked me up and slammed me down pretty hard (when I finally managed to get it down). With the tension, I subconsciously pressed on the right rudder pedal and almost drove myself off the runway. The plane and I made it through unscathed, and while I was parked waiting for my instructor to fly in to fly me out, someone listening to the local radios and who saw my landing came out and remarked how calm I sounded on the radio. I took it as a compliment, though it was in vain - I was far short of calm in those moments... I didn't have the experience to make the right choice of going around and leaving for a different airport (the whole situation was a diversion/go around from the start), and I imagine things like this scare people away. Stay objective! Examine the causes and pitfalls of all your mistakes because there are always definite reasons why something happened, and it will actually make for a very profound learning experience that you will remember forever.

Thanks for making this video, even for a student pilot that’s 44 years old, has been at it for going on (2) years this month, and is closing in on his checkride. I can’t begin to stress enough on finding the right CFI to get you across the finish line and that’s compatible, and also to study, study, study! Yes, you’re going to mess up on things like COMMS and landings, but couch-fly when you’re not flying and practice your COMMS while driving down the highway, and you’ll get it! Thanks for creating this video again, and blue skies and tailwinds to you!

One more important item to note is that a bad landing or saying the wrong thing to ATC happens to all pilots; even the airline ones. The most important aspect is to fly the plane safely and to learn from yours and others' mistakes. During flight training, a flight instructor is making sure that you are capable of flying the plane safely. Sightseeing and taking passengers all come later. Some, such as the one I had, mixed it up by flying cross country to another airport and eating brunch (aka $ 100 hamburger) sometimes. I also had the pressure from my parents to quit during training. I never quit and was determined to finish it. Since I finished training, I've flown both of my parents individually and they love it now.

I decided i wanted to be a commercial pilot at the beginning of 2023, I was lazy, I almost failed my medical, and I quit after I couldn’t complete a turn around a point. Now a year later, I set aside the time to actually do this. I’m 10 hours in and im flying 3-4 times a week. Don’t quit. If you enjoy aviation you will regret it.

Great video content ! My dreams of becoming a pilot were destroyed at the age of 14 . 20 years later ,it's still on my mind so I signed up for a 1 hr flight introduction course which I loved and will definitely pursue once I heal from my surgery.

Got my private pilot certificate about a month ago. I had a couple of these come up While training.

Excellent confidence booster! You guys are the best. I can see myself in some of the situations that’s discouraged me from continuing lessons. This is so important because I can now address them to motivate me to continue. Be Well All & Thanks Again!!

I found your channel searching for the first steps in getting a private pilot license...You all are so helpful! Thank you very much!

I’m 17 and after this summer and corona scare, I’m hoping to get my PPL and then IFR so I can follow my passion to be a pilot!

60 hours and 2 years was the national average from start to finish when I received my PPL back in the mid to later 90's. Once I did my solo and a bit of duel cross country, I started fun flying locally by myself and that was beneficial but wasn't truly pressing me forward towards completion. After a few months completely away from flying do to other priorities, I buckled down and hammered it out all the way to my check ride which was a breeze.

One of the highlights of my life was getting my pilots license. As this video makes clear it takes time, money and devotion but if flying is in your blood you find a way to give all three. All good things come to an end and after earning my instrument rating and owning my own plane for a few years raising and caring for my children, something that ate up a huge chunk of money and time, finally brought me to a place of difficult choices and flying took a back sit. Age and health issues then made the decision for me that there was no reliving those glory days but I always look back on them with a very greatful heart that I had that window of time to do something very special.

When I received my private license 20 years ago , this was very much on my mind as to the approach of training schools. In my research, much of it was the same from school to school. At some point as a student, it starts to feel like a SCAM. The number of hours necessary is 40 hours. So when you budget your costs this is the fixed number you look at, which at that time was $140 per hour (wet) for a new 172. However , when you get to 40 hours ( I soloed after 20 hours) then the SCAM STARTS. The instructor starts saying ..."let's do "stalls" today" and he/she begins to rip your "stalls" and then "turns around a point" and makes you feel like you don't have a clue about flying and everything you have done to date has been a waste of time. In my opinion this is when people QUIT. The instructors point is that your not ready (and based on what they taught you - SO AS TO DRAG IT OUT , you are NOT!!!) But I continued mainly because I wanted to fly. But in hindsight , I wish I would have had the instructor take the left seat and then let he/she shows his/her stall technique and turns around a point and let me critique his/her performance . In addition, at the beginning, my instructor did not want me to use the trim wheel for which I never knew why. But afterward in looking at the scam aspect , when you use the trim wheel for take-off, cruise and landing you simply FLY BETTER, which is NOT WHAT THEY WANT. They want you to fly all over the place and struggle so that you have to DRAG OUT YOUR TRAINING. When I received my INSTRUMENT RATING , I learned more in a week than I did in a year at the private school. First and foremost , they taught me how to SET UP MY PLANE at the various aspects of flight. If in my PRIVATE TRAINING they would have started out with that aspect FIRST I would have learned much earlier how to fly a plane. But that is not their business model. The other aspect of PRIVATE TRAINING that is really stupid , is that they immediately go into stalls and the other maneuvers of flying a plane. As a student , unless you are determined to fly, you quickly learn that this really sucks and is not what you were looking for in flying. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT it is their timing of the training that is stupid. Plus you only go up for an hour and the instructor tells you to head back and I will see you tomorrow. When tomorrow comes you really don't have any idea what you accomplished the previous day but the INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO BILL AN HOUR!!!! In my opinion , a true flight school should take each new student for a hour out ( and an hour back) TO CRUISE at a set flight level (ie : 2500 ft) and SET THE PLANE UP for "straight and level" and learned to ENJOY FLYING. The instructor could even show you how to establish FLIGHT FOLLOWING along the route which is enjoyable and instructive and believe it or not you can pick it up quickly. But they don't want you to do that , again they want to string it out and keep you stupid. My FLIGHT SCHOOL insisted that I not use FLIGHT FOLLOWING . I truly wish when I started flight training that I insisted on a FLIGHT OVER AN HOUR OUT AND AN HOUR BACK. One thing I did do eventually is to tell my instructor to be QUIET when I am flying. He was constantly saying "change this , or change that " eventually I realized that I wasn't flying the plane HE WAS. I told him that he could take notes and when we are on the ground , he can go over what he thinks I need to improve or work on. I am sure I am going to be rip by the various flight schools and instructors because twenty years ago when I would point this out to various schools you would have thought I committed a crime , Instead of honestly looking at the stupidity of THEIR BUSINESS MODEL and see why students actually quit at such a high rate. Obviously from this video the trend as never changed and I assume the schools have never changed their tactics.

I'm 21 and I started July 14th 2019. I'm almost done with my Knowledge test ,but I would like to thank you for encouraging me to keep moving foward. I've always wanted to become a pilot as a kid. I hope a year or 2 from now I can finally come back and Say I'm a PPl

Woof, 'too much time,' sure hits home. My planned 2.5 hour flight last night ended up near four hours.

I very nearly flipped the plane on landing on my very first solo. I misunderstood crosswind correction (meaning that I reversed the aileron and rudder inputs - you can imagine how disastrous that could be) and the entire plane listed to the side and dipped forward. It is only by the grace of God that I walked away from that one with no damage to the aircraft! Needless to say, my instructor got back into the plane and I didn't complete the next two approaches. He thought for sure that I was going to quit but I didn't let that scare me away. I did get a new instructor after that, though.

I hear you on all of these. Great list. I'm super frustrated in the study process, as it feels out dated in many ways, and I end up struggling to stay focused. Which makes it more frustrating...

I was expecting "fear" to be at least in the top 11. The first few times i went up, i was surprised at how much motion there is in a small plane...hard to feel really comfortable in the beginning. Also, just looking down and seeing you are in this small machine with a lawnmower engine can freak people out when you think about how much pilot related error and accidents there are out there. again, surprising this isnt even mentioned...surprising to me at least.

I have dreamt of flying my entire life. My dad was a Navy pilot during WW2 and told great stories of flying (not combat stuff). I am now 67 and retired and would love to get a license just to have one and to finally get that feeling I’ve heard so much about. Thanks for the great video. And the reality check!

I think there is another main reason should be the low level salary for the beginning and also the 1500hrs.

Thanks it’s good advise and good resolution

All these are very good. In my experience, most students hit that learning plataue with landings and ultimately wanted to quit. It is a difficult barrier for the student and can be one for the cfi as well. The one concept that helped me the most is MOVING ON in the training with my students. For example, lingering in the endless repetition of pattern work, we would move on to the next phase like cross-country, airspace or uncontrolled field, communications, etc. Remember the law of learning AFFECT. All the student needs sometimes is a feeling of accomplishment, no matter what the source. Magically, their landings would improve.

12) Peer pressure, senior pilots from my club gave bad advice, going away with them on weekend fly aways started my downfall 😪 They drank a lot of Alcohol, then had students fly them home because they had hangovers. I was given the opportunity to fly into a local airport on one of these fly aways with passengers, it wasn’t a good landing, causing depression and I walked away. I never told my instructor this and one day when I saw them at an Airshow I was given the dirtiest look, typing this now is the first time I’ve said anything to anyone about it. I made it to Solo which was a big achievement and I miss flying every day and would love to turn back time.

Excellent, Educational and huge encouragement. Thank you

Great video.I was born to fly.I got my private pilot in 2 years and I even got my A&P mechanic ratings at the same time all this plus learning to fly my R/C model airplane.Yep,I LOVE flying and airplanes.But I did it in the early 1980s it was much cheaper back than and my high school district paid for half my A&P.Im proud even to this day.NEVER GIVE UP

Flight instructor had us do steep turns yesterday, I got used to them near the end, but that's the first time I got nervous flying. I want to practice spin stalls, but I feel like it'll be a bit too much. I'm lucky enough to have a nice boss who let's me fly his plane for free, so I gotta go through with it.

Thanks for sharing that. I'm going to retry a commercial instrument MEL add on. I have almost 4000 hours SEL and fly for a living and was more than ready for the checkride flightwise, but the check airman wanted me to know everything verbatim from memory without references during the oral. I'm well over 50 and my memory isn't nearly as good as when I was 25 and, for work, the use of references is encouraged during company checkrides so it was an unpleasant surprise. And, for that check airman, close was not verbatim. The experience was more than discouraging, but, after a year, I'm going to give it another go. That was a good video, thank you.

you were right on with all your points. Ive known several airline transport pilots that failed check rides and quit after 20 years of flying.

Came here because I was losing my "want to" to carry on with my training, I didn't know that it takes most people like 2 years to finish their ppl. I had been expecting too much of myself it seems and I just need to chill out, and be patient with this journey of flight school. My biggest frustration as of now is mostly dealing with crosswinds on landings and learning how to talk to the tower. But all in time I suppose! Thanks for reading my comment! May God bless you and your Future!

I did my flight training in 1982 and did my solo after six hours. That saved me money by kicking my instructor out ;). I got my Private under Part 41, then went on to Commercial under Part 135. The most important parting words from my Private instructor were: " Having achieved your Private, you now have a license to *learn how to fly* ." I put my license to good use and eventually flew for years as a Civil Air Patrol Command Pilot flying SARs (Search & Rescue). That period of my life was the most rewarding. To All Student Pilots: Like anything in life, the most rewarding things require the most work.

This is spot on. I just did my solo X-country and I am looking forward to my check ride. I am at 50hrs in the log now and over 12k$. You have to budget 15k and strive to economize when you can. Flying isn't for everybody, it takes lots and lots of mind muscle.

100% agree with the video. I’m wary on and appreciate the content

For #2, my local flight school lists it’s per hour rates (wet), and instructor rates, so people can calculate themself.

I don’t know how i come to this video, but i love it. Thank you

I'm 19, started my ppl a month before turning 18 and completed it within 2 months. I started in 2018 September. I've finished my ATPL and IR. In this time of nearly 2 years, I've taking 6 months off due to not being able to fly cause of weather. I hope to start working by next year!

Really useful and interesting video - the lessons on level turns and climbing were very challenging though it does get easier with practice and when you learn the workflows…

I got iicense in '75. I'm 68. I just rented cessna 150's and 152 's for 40 yrs. I rented about once a month. I took many friends and family. Most people love holding the wheel and steering a short while. Just a 1hr flight locally is great. Go by yourself too. PLEASE learn to recover from spins. Nose down when the stall breaks. Please 😎

I just got accepted into the American Airlines Cadet Academy and this gave some good insight, I still don't know exactly how much training is involved, but it's a full time thing for 12 months, so I think with study groups and a lot of time to study will be a great help. Great video!

Starting my 141 academy next month. I’m 28 with a wife and three kids. I left policing after 5 years. I went through Southwest’s Destination 225 application process and was accepted. I get a pilot mentor from Southwest from the start. Someone I can vent frustrations and share success with. Plus, it sets clear goals to obtain as they have separate things outside of the normal flight academy that I’ll go do such as fly some in the 737 sim. To me, flying is such an escape from the normal job pace. Maybe it’s because I come from policing, but I just look forward to being up there and feeling the sense of “peace” and getting to view the ground blow after all these years of looking up and wondering where they’re going. I anticipate this to be extremely rigorous mentally and some physically but that’s a big reason I want to pursue it. Why not challenge yourself to know more and as a result you get to do more and make more. Yes, it’s pricey but at a 141 you sign off on pricing and can see clearly how much you’ll spend. For me, with 0 hours to CFII will be around $91k in a C-152. A 172 would be closer to $102. I got a loan at a decent interest rate, but also added another $35k to help with cost of living expenses while I do this full time for the next year. I fully expect to pay this back with a career in aviation, so I think of it as borrowing from my future self. Like the saying goes, if it was easy/cheap/fast everyone would do it. Learn and make a career out of aviation or work a normal job because it’s easy. Every pilot I talk to who makes a living off it says “it’s absolutely worth it”.

Thank you for the information.

Nice to hear you these points, and those will be very helpful for me to guide my son as I am aiming to make my son a good Pilot Insha Allah. I would like to have some ideas from you how much cost it is needed to complete the four year B.S degree in Aviation to be certified CPL and ATPL from PURDUE University. Thank you.

The most beautiful and possibly one of the hardest things to learn. It will change you for the better.

I quit two years ago, but I will try again next year... I didn‘t have the right mindset and time back then. I was quite overwhelmed. But having become a train driver gave me a confidence boost to take another shot at flying. I just need to save up first, to not run into the problem of running out of money.

Thanks for sharing this

The hardest threshold for me was controlling my fear of heights

My wife and I are clearing out some debt first (loan for roof, credit card, etc) then we are both going for our recreational permits to start. We've both interested in planes and flying since before we actually met, but had kinda wandered away from that dream for a while. But this year has been rough... I wanted both my parents to be able to see me actually do this, but my mom passed away this summer. So that's kinda put my butt in gear and my dad is helping out. We actually have a goal, which is to build and fly our own replica Fokker dr.1 triplane(s). I met a student pilot who had 13 flight hours in but then said he didnt know what he wanted to do with it after. Which... just really confused me.

I like your videos very much. You utilize every second in the best way and dont loose time on fool or inappropriate comments.

Nice video. Thanks!

Great video! Having a goal in mind is very crucial. ;)

I was already over 40 when I went for my PPL so here in Canada that meant a medical exam every six months. What a pain in the ass..But I did it!

Very well put together The Guys! This is as accurate now, as it was in the 1980's/1970's, when I was working on my Private ! Nice to see such a realistic representation of the pitfalls of actually getting it done! It can be brutal! with regard to the amount of effort required. Add that comment with first time students experiencing 4 dimensional reality for the first time? Folks tend to just quit! Simulators don't prepare students for G Forces for turns about a point, or conductive weather flying! Great Video and I'm again....subscribed!!

Thanks for the knowledge .

I’m on hold for coronavirus. Can’t wait to get back to it.

I guess when you find out about having to do spins for training could scare students. I got my PPL when I was 22. I just got back into flying after over 15 years. Best feeling ever! I should have never stopped. It's costly to stop flying for a long period of time. My advice is to always keep active.

Love it! Thanks!

I’m motivated to reach out to the regional airport 2mi from my house. Thanks for sharing these roadblocks.

when i'm old enough i want to get my license because my grandfather crashed his plain 32 years ago i want to get him in the air one more time

Reason number 12. Bad CFI's. Started my initial training with a "new" flight school. Logged 22 hours of dual instruction and solo was no where in sight. Left the school and they closed down 6 months later. New instructor, logged 15 hours of dual, then did initial solo. Logged another 15 hours of dual "practicing the ACS". Still had not completed any cross country or night flying. Instructor was never going to get me to my check ride, he was leaving for the military in a few months. So I now have 52 hours of dual and the only other instructors I can find are 100 miles away and frankly I don't have a lot of trust in CFI's anymore. :)

Thank you!

I love it! You rock! Thank you from Cambodia ❤️❤️

I’m 6hrs or so into flying and after my second flight I had a panic attack... I thought I got better but then today on my 7th flight I had a small anxiety attack again. I’ve never had these before ever! I’m very passionate about aviation and would love to stick with this. Any advice on shaking nerves out? I definitely do not want to puke

I think many students quit because they are not comfortable flying a plane. Quitting is a good thing for them. Fear is the mind killer, and you don't want it when the stuff hits the fan. It seems you don't want to use the afraid word.

I'm an instrument rated private pilot working on my commercial and multi right now working toward CFI, Tail-wheel, and so-on. I've had a few times where I wanted to quit. Mostly in instrument. There was so much math, so many regulations, procedures, nomenclature and more that just hurt my brain. I've always struggled with numbers as-is and had a period of time where I thought I wasn't cut out for aviation. A good butt-chewing from my CFII telling me that I'll never be flying bush-planes and float-planes in Alaska if I give up on my instrument rating really put me back in line. Picture yourself living your end goal, whatever that may be. It really does help a lot.

Been doing my flight training in New Jersey. For any of you wondering, about 20 grand is what I’m looking at by time I finish. It’s not cheap at all, specially close to New York, where I live. Moving to other states where flight training is much cheaper can be an option for you if your budget is strict.

I will come back to this video in 2 years and will have a private pilots license

I just started flight school lol.

Great points. I needed that. Time to get the medical.

I found that , in Australia, there are too many instructors who are only in it to build hours and then move on. I pride myself that I never did that. I got my CPL and when into Airwork/ Charter. The first instructor gig that I had was teaching people to fly the B777.

"quit before they even get their certificate". I mean if they quit AFTER they got their certificate wouldn't that mean they graduated? Lol

it's hell Expensive ! So I'll definitely get my PPL but only when i have enough Money.

Earned my private in my early 20s to late teens. My stick n rudders skills are still there, but rest as changed. The current class a,b,c did not exist. I rember airport radar service area, control zone, terminal control area, etc. Now i am in my late 40s, reactivating my private.

I flew in Australia for about 23 years.. including part ownership of a Cherokee Archer 2 . The people I met and the comraderie at the bar was great It was a fantastic privilege and was so much fun. It did have its more serious moments, but I look back on those years as an 80 year old with great fondness. I totally agree with all the points mentioned in this video. Having an instructor you are happy with is the single most important one in my view. Enjoy !!!

I’m broke after a few lessons. Now I’m having trouble getting ahead again. The expenses are much higher than anyone will tell you.

If you want to become a professional pilot, get a 1st class medical to make sure BEFORE.

This must be the first ever "why people quit" video on this topic that crossed my video recommendations. And I really appreciate it!

Lots of really helpful information here. Could you guys make a video on pilot lingo? I'm a beginner student pilot trying to learn important terms. The air traffic control video was a great start, but maybe some more in depth talk of terminology could be helpful.

I want to be a pilot when I grow up I’m only in middle school I have a long day to go.

I notice aviation has a lot of inconsistencies. HOW do you know your instructor is just padding his pocket with your money? Is there a SKILLS LIST the students can compare to a CFI syllabus to see if hes wasting time? In a over regulated industry why is there no regs on CFIs? If a CFI is caught padding, they should be barred from moving up. Where is the internet list of bad vs great CFIs ??? And I have already been talked down to on LSAs, wow for the 'everyone is super friendly' aviation group, why do people feel the need to talk down to experimental LSAs? Thats prolly enough for a whole video right there.

Great job.. All very accurate.

in a rough spot .... health situation such that I cannot get a Class III certification and there are NO CFIs anywhere close with light-sport aircraft

1. Young instructors making you change something but refusing to tell you why. You pull the gear up and he says no and makes you put it down again then when down and locked tells you to bring it up. You wait longer next time and he does it again. 2. Instructor that goes through the book page by page on ground work with no direction. 3 hours ground work on a bi anuall flipping page by page because he needs the money and a new school with no students. 3. Suppose to do take off and landings but it's foggy. Oh we are going to due airwork today. He needs the money and hours and wastes mine. 4. Instructor takes you from a instructor that went to the airlines. Made me do training over and over. Check pilot at 15 hours asks what my problem is. I told him to tell me. He soloed me in 15 minutes! I confronted my instructor afterwards. He said he took other student from the other instructor and he almost crashed. So he was afraid. He wasted 7 hours of my time and money! 5. Get an older instructor that enjoys instructing and is not just trying to build hours to leave for the airlines!!!!!! Good Luck.

1. No goals 2. Medical problems 3. Running out of money 4. Not enough time 5. Lots of studying 6. The wrong instructor 7. Lack of structure 8. Flying solo 9. It's not fun any more 10. Making a mistake 11. Failing your checkride

Great to see so many on here getting their ppl or saying never quit, best of luck to all of you. I was almost that guy too, tried at it 3 times but i kept getting dangerously task saturated to the point that I didn’t want to end up on a you tube video just like this one as a statistic or accident case study. The way I was going I would have done. Also, when you don’t have money you don’t have money, it’s that simple. Unless you want debt up to your ears you can’t realistically work around that. Add to that a heart condition, colourblindness (which here in the Uk has the same effect on your flying career as having no sight at all) and you’re really up against it! Sometimes (though not too often) you just have to take the hint and realise that what you’re trying to do isn’t for you and your life’s best lies elsewhere.

I never thought about quitting. I was amazed I could do it. I love flying. I got my instrument rating in 2001