Okay, I'm back on my soapbox....
Our trainers are great sticks and far, far more patient than I am. AH has zero formal process of 'on-boarding' two-weekers. And likely, the original poster has been here much longer than two-weeks though the point remains. Our current training plan isn't even as good as the Imperial Japanese military at training Kamikaze pilots. They at least couldn't solo until they had 10-hours.
We need to address this. AH needs to respond to other threads and come up with a couple ideas that work. At least give it a try. Their attitude of 'we've been doing this since 1953 and we aren't changing now!' isn't cutting it.
Okay, stop throwing stuff. I'll get off my soapbox.
Boo