Short YouTube video (Kenny Keller, uploaded Dec 22, 2022) advising helicopter students and CFIs to learn from multiple instructors and different aircraft to become well-rounded pilots. Emphasizes openness to new ideas, ongoing learning over decades, and practical training topics (e.g., power failures, field selection).
So many times a student doesn't want to switch, they don't want to switch aircraft, they don't want to switch instructors. And I get it. I work the same way. You get comfortable. I can't help but think back as a cfi, I've learned so much from so many people over the years, and I just want to stress that you learn so much flying with different people, different aircraft, different places around the country, and being open to let other people show you new ideas. Sometimes you'll adopt their idea. I feel like I've learned the most by taking all the little bits of things that somebody showed me and I go, oh. And that's exactly what I tell my students. I encourage them to fly with other instructors. I also encourage them to go out and fly other aircraft, you know, because I tell them, if you can take a little bit from each instructor, you're going to be a well rounded pilot. If I would only take what I learned from you, then I would only know your methods, I would only know what you do or don't do. Exactly. But I've had several instructors, you know, throughout my training, and if I could take a piece from all of them, then that makes me a well rounded. Absolutely. So many times a student doesn't want to switch, they don't want to switch aircraft, they don't want to switch instructors. And I get it. I work the same way. You get comfortable. Just like the pilot that helped me as a new cfi, he was also there to give me the stage check. And I was always terrified to him. Right, because he's going to come in and kick your butt. But in the end, who did I go to when I needed help, I went to him. There's just so much to learn. And I swear I started playing in 1997, and I swear, even today I still learn something new every time I go out. You just see something, you'll feel something, you'll hear something, something that you just never noticed before. I think it's amazing how you just continue to learn as time goes by. Yeah, this might be a good time to lead into the power failure. Altitude. Why in the heck would I want to do that? Oh, power failure. Oh, look at that. I know. The wind's coming out of the northwest. Make a slight little turn. That's all there is to it. Going into this field. Now, when we go into a field, we're looking for wires, looking for trees. It.
