Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Instructors

Kreisha Ballantyne is one of the most recognisable aviation writers in Australia. With experience writing for several aviation titles, Kreisha has a broad base of experience, an ability to tap into important general aviation issues and a talent for expressing in simple terms what everyone is thinking. An active pilot, she lives and loves aviation.

Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach; those who can’t teach taught at my former flying school”, I once joked to a friend who asked me why I no longer flew at a certain school. The conversation led onto a discourse on flying instructors, which in turn led to this article.

My friend, a low-hour PPL considering her CPL in the near future, was looking for a new flying school. After asking for my recommendation, I consulted my logbook to jog my memory of