Having been a pilot for 39 years, this would have been my last flight with this instructor. With his attitude, the only type of flying he should be doing is a passenger on the airlines. The best instructors I've had for my bi-annual flight reviews and instrument competency checks are the soft spoken ones. And it's really something when you have a bi-annual flight review and you have 2 or 3 times more time in your log book than the instructor has. But the new guys seem to be the most soft spoken ones around. I'm glad this guy wasn't my primary instructor.

thank you for sharing! Im still getting used to Arrow IV landings for Commercial. Hard for me to get used to from c-152

My first time flying the Arrow a few days ago for the commercial rating, I was in information overload and when coming back to the pattern on my home base, I was saying the wrong runways numbers and in one of my radio calls I said Warrior, no Archer, no Arrow 40T... Lol. My flight school has all 3 types of Pipers.

Nicee!!

Keep flying, with friends, solo, ..anytime you can.👍

I think your flare is coming too late and as a result pulling the nose too abruptly the descent rate becomes slow momentarily and aircraft looses speed and in turn descent rate increase and drops to the ground. To fix this you should start the flare bit sooner also power should be coming to idle , gradually pull the nose up as the plane descends slowly and gets into the ground effect gently add more back pressure and hold until the mains touch the ground eyes should be looking towards end of the runway. Good luck!

I’ve got a few hundred hours in an Arrow, 1:23 is just how it goes sometimes! Can’t always get a perfect landing, and the Arrow can be a bit fickle to land gracefully every time

Get a new Instructor!

I first checked out in an Arrow III in 1982 and have been a CFI since 1984, if your feelings are hurt by this CFI's personality, you shouldn't be in the cockpit. Get yourself an ultralight and stay away from anything with a turbine engine. The student is either very rusty or very early in his transition to complex/high performance singles. There's alot more the CFI could be saying (scan your VSI base through final, use your rudder more aggressively when you change power settings and displace ailerons, for example), but I'm guessing he's not because the student is already working near the max of his capabilities. The CFI is exactly correct to "get on" the student about his pattern procedure and engine and energy management and there's nothing offensive about the way he's doing it.

the instructor's landing was the hardest

I dont know what is the rant about the instructor. He seems fine. The landing was not golden, but ok. Happens. Plane is fine, passengers are fine... Regarding communication... I dont think that this is still a student pilot. it is basically an instruction to that plane. actually the guy is doing fine. so the communcation seems fine. Happy Landings to you all :-)

Good job student! I will say however that the CFI needs to set good habits. First off use rudder to keep a level flight attitude not ailerons. That'll keep you from swinging yoke and rocking the wings. Also, verbally paint a detailed picture of your location to other pilots to better avoid collisions in the pattern. Be consistent and call "right/left crosswind" and "right/left downwind" as wells as right/left base. If I'm entering the pattern I don't want to assume anything. I want to know your exact location and I want you to look out for me just as I am looking for you. It's not enough to have a mental picture of the other traffic but also match what you hear with what you see for every aircraft in the pattern and entering the pattern. Be thorough and follow your checklist. Backup your mental checklist flow with a quick glance of the ACTUAL CHECKLIST. Don't ever ride in a plane with a pilot who doesn't use their checklist. Climb checklist would of reminded you to Gear Up and 25/25.

The CFI allowing no hand on the throttle during the take off roll and bad radio phraseology; it’s all a little too casual for my taste. Flying should be done with style and grace. For the same money, I’d be trying to find a CFI who was a stickler for little details. Those are the guys you learn the most from.

Needs to work much more the rudder to maintain the alignment.

Hard Landing... Might have slower a bit...

I disagree with some of these comments. They way I see it is the pilot in the video is pretty much always behind the airplane and the CFI is not going to tolerate poor performance. As a CFI myself, I was serious, fair, and firm because lives of the pilot, passengers and possibly people below depend on flying skills of the PIC.

I in fact had an instructor very similar to this once. I landed, taxied to the flight line, shut down and told him to get the hell out of my airplane. This clown has no business being in the right seat of an airplane. I have flown to SPD a fair amount.

Without PAPI this are a lot harder hehehe but not impossible.

The instructor appears to think he is Top Gun, but he overshoots the runway Base/Final and then throws the aircraft flat into the runway on landing. Hope he was cheap, because his attitude is pretty shit.

I do not know how that guy is an instructor. A good instructor teaches and builds confidence in his students. Also, he lost all credibility with that landing.

Whoops should have read CFI

Why is this student flying a complex airplane? He's still learning to land the airplane!...and struggling!

instructor sucks at communication.