A Mentor Pilot

I now have a mentor pilot through the AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Assn).

A mentor is an experienced pilot volunteers to coach, and offer encouragement, and assistance while you progress through flight training. They are also available to help with questions or issues that you're not comfortable discussing with your flight instructor, as well as help you understand the challenges of learning to fly, or just simple suggestions like what to look for in a headset. According to AOPA, a student with a mentor is three times more likely to finish training. Maybe true, but even increasing the odds a little is worth it, plus its nice to have someone to talk flying with. Here's a link to the AOPA mentor page -http://flighttraining.aopa.org/projectpilot/students/pilot_mentor/

My mentor was kind enough to offer after I had posted a question regarding the mentor program on the AOPA pilot's forum. He began his training about 2 years ago at the on-campus airport at UC Davis, where he's a student, and is currently working on his instrument rating, and has plans for a glider rating, and high performance and complex endorsements. He is also involved in Angel Flight West - http://www.angelflight.org/