Many things have been said about IAC but lets hear from the great coward himself - Passenger 07
- who seems strangely quiet of late.
Everything said here is very factual apart from the pigin english of batman123, but i think everybody gets the point that IAC failing.
New Staff: Those contemplating coming to work here should think again. The Principal is a liar and will say anything to please everyone. He has never been a pilot or a flight instructor. His one big claim to fame is as a Flight Engineer with Air F*****.
As to the locals: they are making hay while the sun shines. Standards: They are a joke. The Head of Training (acting standards manager, standards officer, safety manager, chief flying instructor) has no idea how to manage foreigners. Threats of dismissal and jail are his main weapons to bring the high quality foreign FI into line.
Revisiting the Cadets in Cloud issue: Cadets just follow the lead of their FI. He is used as a role model. So the Cadets cant really be blamed for being idiots. Yes cadets are taught to flying in cloud in the circuit pre solo and pre ppl. Quote from the Principal defending his HoT "le cadet's have to learn to fly in le cloud". Yes some are taught to not use the GPS and others use only the GPS taught incorrectly by the local FI. So is it any wander that cadets fly into cloud and over cloud and get lost because they have not been taught basic navigation and have been taught to just pay lip service to VFR law.
And yes it appears the policy of the local FI is not to teach stalling is that it is a dangerous manoeuvre and can lead to a spin. Also, the HoT attitude is that airline pilots don't need to know about this stalling. Incipient stall recovery is all they need to know. Of course the real reason is that the local FI are very afraid of the stall because their own training was so lacking. Quote: "The stall is a velly velly dangerous manoeuvre and it too hard for student, liar lair, we need to keep it easy easy"
But for those who really want to come: Use IAC as a stepping stone to a job elsewhere is Asia. Sure stay 3 months and be given 1 month notice cos you are unable to lower your standards to the IAC standard. Sure ask for standardisation training and not more than 5 hrs will be given. So use the time as a holiday and watch the entertainment. Thailand is very nice as a holiday destination especially when you are being paid to be there. Those who want to make a difference and be part of this experiment to boost the aviation standard in Thailand are off in fantasy land. You will be found to be "No Good", you will be accused of being a Liar Lair by the HoT. You will not be able to change anything as the rot (local instructors) has set in and is growing.
Actually the requirements for a FI started off as 600 hr instructing as this was a Thai DCA requirement. But for all you professionals out there, the salary is also too low for the amount of crap you have to deal with. There was a promise by the coward to increase salary's to attract the right people but this was another lie. Another carrot will be the A320 simulator. Don't get sucked in by IAC.
Have just found this in the Bangkok post, so even people in Bangkok know about the school
Bangkok Post | General news | School for pilots just fails to take off
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