Colin Henry: CFI Building Time

Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Justin Siems

Leisure, Hobbies, Business, Aviation, Careers

4.9 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Pilot to Pilot podcast episode 30 featuring Colin Henry: CFI Building Time.

What is going on avination and welcome to the Pilot to Pilot podcast. This is the first episode of 2018 and I can't wait to share it with you all. Colin is a current CFI in California building his time before he figures out what his next move is.

In this episode we talk about.

How Colin didn’t love flying when he was younger.
How he slowly warmed up to flying and became a sim geek.
How a TBM was Colin's first plane to fly.
How martial arts helped Colin realize his love for teaching.
Why Colin chose to go to Florida instead of doing his training in California.
How long it took Colin to get his ratings.
How it is easy to get rusty at certain maneuvers if you don’t practice them all the time.
Why he chose to be a CFI at a part 61 school instead of part 141.
Why it is important to recognize how you learn.
Why it is important to find a good balance between flying in weather and saying no to flying.
What was Colin's training like?
Why he failed his multi-engine check ride.
What is the one thing that gets students in trouble with their check ride?
If you are afraid of stalls you shouldn’t use that as an excuse to stop practicing them.
Why Colin still doesn’t like doing stalls.
Scariest stories from being a CFI.
Why it is important to stay coordinated in stalls!
What it is like soloing a student.
What does it feel like to sign off a student.
What Colin's favorite part of being a CFI.
What Colin’s least favorite part of being a CFI is.
Colin talks about an engine failure.
Why Colin’s goals are for his career.
How you can’t count on money in this industry.

Avination, thank you for listening to today's episode. If you enjoyed it, please let me know! Email me at [email protected] or reach out to me on Instagram @pilottopilot. Also, make sure to check out the Pilot to Pilot patreon page.

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Happy Flying,

Justin

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0:00.0	Episode 31 of the Pilots Pilot Podcast takes off now.
0:05.0	Hey my name is Colin Henry, you might know me on Instagram is fly all the things I'm a flight
0:14.3	instructor from California I also do contract flying on a King Air TVM 850.
0:19.8	What is going on AB Nation and welcome and welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot Podcast, 2018 edition?
0:26.1	I cannot believe it is 2018.
0:28.3	Already 2017 flew by.
0:30.3	It was so much fun to create this podcast and start Pilot to pilot. I can't wait to see where it is headed in 2018
0:35.9	I want to go ahead and thank everyone that listens to this podcast the aviation and the patreon supporters
0:41.2	You guys are amazing. Thank you so much for your support,
0:44.0	whether it's monetary or whether you're just letting me know on
0:46.8	Instagram, Facebook, or through email that you love the podcast and that has helped you decide
0:51.5	to make a career out of aviation.
0:53.0	That is what is all about.
0:54.0	It is all about helping you guys out,
0:56.0	getting more people in the aviation world,
0:58.0	getting more people in the aviation world, getting more people in the aviation nation.
1:00.0	Guys, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
1:03.0	I truly love doing this and love just seeing where this is going and how this is helping people.
1:08.5	It is awesome.
1:09.5	I want to go ahead and let you know that if you do love today's episode with Colin Colin you can leave us a review on iTunes
1:14.0	you can actually leave us review on Facebook as well or let us know on our
1:17.5	Instagram page at pilot to pilot leave us the DM or you can email us at pilot
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