"Rick" wrote:
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:48:04 -0600, "Lady Pilot"

They were teaching you the basics of piloting and aircraft opertion.

Yes, and Dave the Metro Captain didn't obey that simple rule!

They were not instructing you on a type rating on a transport category
aircraft. There is a big difference in technique and purpose.

Non sequitur.

You are still learning to read, you are not quite ready to critique
Hemingway.

Come back when you finish reading "Run Spot Run".

"Just parroting" what an instructor tells an ab initio student and
applying that to an entirely different circumstance in a very
different type of aircraft is a large error in judgement and that is
not just an opinion.

Did I mention I used to own a DC-3? LOL!

Actually, what I've learned from my flight instructor being with him over 40
hours a week for many years, has saved me in a couple of emergency
situations.

LP