I'm a student pilot ASEL, airplane single engine land. I was approaching an untowered airport the other day with my robot instructor anal retentive piece of dung. I was a mile and 1/2 away and heard some transmission from someone of the garbled persuasion. Couldn't make out anything.
I made out "Valkaria Traffic". Once I made out "crosswind" but that is it. I was looking all over for him because it is my responsibility to see and avoid other traffic.
I said okay that's too close, I'm going to execute a 360 and maybe give us a chance to see him upon approaching again.
The instructard got all omnipotent and spewed forth a bunch of malarky like "No No No you could do 360's all day and never see him, just enter the pattern on a 45 degree downwind".
I'm thinking, HUH? Go in blind without knowing who is in the pattern or where?
And I did it anyway, this instructard has 20,000 hours of given instruction
so I enter the downwind I'm looking all around up and down, (Piper Tomahawk, has bulbous canopy and back window)
and he gets all out of sorts that I'm looking for traffic. (the cretin CFI says: "FLY THE PATTERN DONT WORRY ABOUT ANYONE ELSE")
and next thing I know I hear "SCRUMBLE CHIN CHOW CHOP Downwind TURNING BASE."
I Said "THAT"S WHERE WE ARE, so he is either right on top of us or right below us so I am going to
EXTEND MY DOWNWIND. And he went defcon 3. "DONT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO ANYONE ELSE JUST FLY THE PATTERN THATS
WHY THE PATTERN IS THE WAY IT IS SO YOU CAN FLY THE PATTERN"
and circular logic really gets my goat so I said "Like I say I am taking My Plane (I own the plane) and I am extending the downwind
so I don't hit that gentleman wherever he is."
IN a few seconds I look back and there he is the other airplane turning base.
I saved our lives by using common sense. He would have killed us because he is an anal retentive dildometer.
After we got back on the ground this tweekie gives me a mini-lecture on why we should not care about other traffic
and just fly the pattern.
It made no sense.
He holds a CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR certification.
He did ATC for 3 years.
What does anyone think of this guy?
Is he a bum?
Should I never fly with him again?
I know for a fact because I looked it up
that "PILOTS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO SEE AND AVOID" Traffic.
Should I not see and totally avoid this instructor?
I am going to anyway I just would like someone's input and
nobody I speak with has a clue what I'm talking about.
Any reply fully appreciated.
Thanks.
This has been ScoobaPilot
Over and halfway out but holding on with a little toe.