Flight Safety
27th Jul 2002, 06:39
I checked out a flight school the other day (looking to get my PPL) and found a very interesting arrangement.
All of the flight instructors at this school have some sort of "Gold Rating", where an instructor has to average 8 out of 10 of his/her students to pass the FAA PPL check ride on the first attempt. Again, ALL of the flight instructors at this flight school have achieved this rating. The owner of the flight school told me that an FAA "designate" performs the check ride, but this is not always an FAA employee (not enough to go around), but can sometimes be a "designate". In this case, the "designate" (who performs all of these check rides) also happens to be an employee of his flight school. Is this possibly why ALL of his flight instructors have achieved the Gold Rating?
Also, his flight school cators to the business owner and the executive niche in the flight school market. Do you suppose then that the all Gold Rating of his flight instructors has any bearing on his ability to sell flight instruction to this group of clients (i.e. students)? Also, do you think that maybe some students are passing check rides that maybe shouldn't?
Like I said, an interesting arrangement.
All of the flight instructors at this school have some sort of "Gold Rating", where an instructor has to average 8 out of 10 of his/her students to pass the FAA PPL check ride on the first attempt. Again, ALL of the flight instructors at this flight school have achieved this rating. The owner of the flight school told me that an FAA "designate" performs the check ride, but this is not always an FAA employee (not enough to go around), but can sometimes be a "designate". In this case, the "designate" (who performs all of these check rides) also happens to be an employee of his flight school. Is this possibly why ALL of his flight instructors have achieved the Gold Rating?
Also, his flight school cators to the business owner and the executive niche in the flight school market. Do you suppose then that the all Gold Rating of his flight instructors has any bearing on his ability to sell flight instruction to this group of clients (i.e. students)? Also, do you think that maybe some students are passing check rides that maybe shouldn't?
Like I said, an interesting arrangement.