Isn't it too early for a mentor? I've only just started.
Early is the only reason this works. The habits take a while to set and they compound on every lesson you fly afterwards. Starting the month before an interview is what doesn't work.
Do I have time for this?
One session a month, up to 70 minutes. In between you can message me, and I reply within 48 hours. The habits cost you about five minutes a flight. That's about an hour a month, against the hundreds of hours you'll spend in the airplane.
What do I actually walk away with?
After three sessions, a system you run yourself: a written list of the behaviors you're building, a brief and debrief habit on every lesson, and a dated record of what you've proved under real conditions. After that, one competency at a time, applied to whatever's happening in your training.
Should I just book interview prep instead?
When you get there, do. I've sat those assessments myself and the prep does what it says: it sharpens how you present what's already there. What it can't do is build it. If you start it in the final weeks, you're polishing whatever habits you happen to have arrived with. That's the part I work on, years earlier.
What do you expect from me?
That you do the work between sessions. There's no contract and no notice period, and you can end it at any point; I'd rather you did than sit through sessions that aren't working. It runs both ways: if the work isn't happening I'll say so, and if nothing changes I'll end it. That isn't a discipline rule. Each session uses what the last one produced, so without the work in between the next one can't run. You'll feel that before I have to mention it.
What won't you help with?
Handling, procedures, radio work, systems. That's your instructor. Medical questions go to an AME, not to me or to a forum. I won't give financial, legal or tax advice; I'll talk about budgeting method, not about what you should do with your money.
