Two New Characters--Flight Instructors
My friends over at the aviation Community tell me I need more than one flight instructor at the school. We have so far only seen Embry Fishawk, (I do get grief from my critique group about character names.) He is a retired Marine chopper pilot who has seen combat, and may seem a bit curmudgeonly to a sixteen-y.o. girl. Another reason for more instructors.
So, Schyler Riddle, affectionately known as Captain Skyhook to the girls. He's a certified instructor, saving his pennies for Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He spends summers dragging advertising banners up and down costal beaches. 1:1 instruction = tutor = teaching aid in pedagogical parlance, so the school doesn't have to pay him a full teacher's salary, nor would he need a state teaching certificate.
Third, an as-yet-unnamed forty-ish lady, understanding but firm. She's been an instructor most of her life, but she hates doing ground school. She is the preferred instructor for the serious girl students.
I figure maybe two-hour classes for the whole school, for junior and senior students. That way, the lessons can alternate with academic classes. Two-lesson weeks alternate with three-lesson weeks, and also for the academic classes.
Four, two-hour classes is a long day for high-school students, but might allow an extra-curricular block, now and then.
Sound good?
So, Schyler Riddle, affectionately known as Captain Skyhook to the girls. He's a certified instructor, saving his pennies for Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He spends summers dragging advertising banners up and down costal beaches. 1:1 instruction = tutor = teaching aid in pedagogical parlance, so the school doesn't have to pay him a full teacher's salary, nor would he need a state teaching certificate.
Third, an as-yet-unnamed forty-ish lady, understanding but firm. She's been an instructor most of her life, but she hates doing ground school. She is the preferred instructor for the serious girl students.
I figure maybe two-hour classes for the whole school, for junior and senior students. That way, the lessons can alternate with academic classes. Two-lesson weeks alternate with three-lesson weeks, and also for the academic classes.
Four, two-hour classes is a long day for high-school students, but might allow an extra-curricular block, now and then.
Sound good?