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Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Feb 2017, 09:12
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Is there a "like" button on here?

Is there a "like" button on here?
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2017, 22:47
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

DB I don't think we need worry, Crab has fully...

DB I don't think we need worry, Crab has fully briefed and demonstrated to the entire forum his way of doing things and will be judged by his peers. So our work here is done!
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2017, 17:12
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Crab, 1/ I am not an FI on helicopters but I...

Crab,

1/ I am not an FI on helicopters but I have a lot of experience of ab initio flying training, and a fair bit of instructor training and testing.

2/ I never said a TRI ticket was...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2017, 14:11
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Sorry I didn't mean "back pedalling" to be a...

Sorry I didn't mean "back pedalling" to be a deprecating term. "Filling in the gaps" would have been better.

Anyway I think there is a fundamental difference between training for an engine failure...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2017, 11:03
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

H500 I think (hope) that your comment triggering...

H500 I think (hope) that your comment triggering the "debate" was just a throw away line that came back to bite you, so you back pedalled a bit to give a more thorough account of what happened. Which...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2017, 09:05
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

No, it was hijacked when folk, who knew nothing...

No, it was hijacked when folk, who knew nothing about the people involved, decided that the crashery was all down to young and inexperienced instructors.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2017, 16:29
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

We could go on all night I suppose, but pantomime...

We could go on all night I suppose, but pantomime season is over I think. Personally I am quite happy to be judged by my peers on my contribution to this thread and I would imagine you likewise, so...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2017, 14:48
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Insults? No, not unless you consider being told...

Insults? No, not unless you consider being told you are going about things the wrong way is a de facto insult.

Condemnations? Mostly have come out of your own mouth. Perhaps you are indeed a...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2017, 17:19
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Hmmm well I'm definitely a better instructor now...

Hmmm well I'm definitely a better instructor now I've retired - it is so easy to instruct well from one's armchair! (although I do still do real instructing in gliders).

My sort of roundabout...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2017, 08:15
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Yeabut what is REALLY laughable is that your post...

Yeabut what is REALLY laughable is that your post is such a "Don't you know who I am?!" sort of post! Chuckleworthy!

Anyway my experience of CFS is via the UAS in which I did my first 100hrs or...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jan 2017, 22:05
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

And now I am going to criticise your professional...

And now I am going to criticise your professional competence too. You are clearly a bad instructor. You still fail to grasp the difference between running a training flight and a testing flight,...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jan 2017, 18:32
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Yes if it goes to plan then of course you and he...

Yes if it goes to plan then of course you and he know he can do it. But that info seems pretty useless if, as was the case here, it is a bit of a one-off training flight. I would imagine that H500...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jan 2017, 16:37
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Crab - the import point you seem oblivious to is...

Crab - the import point you seem oblivious to is that flight in question wasn't a testing flight it was a training flight. Makes me wonder if you fully grasp the difference?

A well conducted...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jan 2017, 10:08
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Perhaps you are confused by the difference...

Perhaps you are confused by the difference between a training flight and a testing flight? An LPC is a testing flight and does not allow for training.

How can an LPC be a testing flight if when...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jan 2017, 08:59
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Whether you are so crap at your job as to need to...

Whether you are so crap at your job as to need to give up I don't know, it would be unreasonable to make a call based on an Internet forum. But to answer your questions I'd say we should be teaching...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2017, 23:45
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Isn't stuck pedals part of the PPL training? So...

Isn't stuck pedals part of the PPL training? So the guy will have been taught it, but not taken it in at the time or forgotten it. So I don't really see your point - people get taught stuff they...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2017, 15:20
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

ST no you didn't state it outright but that...

ST no you didn't state it outright but that seemed the implication. But of course you couldn't resist the "when I was in the military we did it so much better..." kind of comment.

I don't disagree...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2017, 14:47
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

It already exists to a large extent in flying...

It already exists to a large extent in flying clubs. In fact in my other life as a glider pilot whereby no licence is currently required to fly IFR or cross country, gliding clubs and the BGA system...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2017, 12:28
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

I only have an entrenched position on (some)...

I only have an entrenched position on (some) ex-mil because they routinely spit out the same arrogant rubbish about how wonderful they and the organisation that trained them are/is. After all, we...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2017, 12:25
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Of course they can. But leisure aviation is a...

Of course they can. But leisure aviation is a compromise even more so than commercial aviation. You could of course invent some mandatory mentoring system e.g. requiring PPLs to be part of some...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2017, 09:23
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Shy - so it all comes back to how wonderful ex...

Shy - so it all comes back to how wonderful ex mil guys and their system are - they have a thing or two to teach us civvies! Funny how in my career many of the pilots I've known who crashed due to...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2017, 09:20
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

So a private helicopter flopped into the ground,...

So a private helicopter flopped into the ground, no-one was seriously injured, and as a consequence of that you demand that all young instructors be sacked and only old farts like you, preferably...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2017, 09:07
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

JohnR81 - I'm sure your proposals would be...

JohnR81 - I'm sure your proposals would be beneficial, however on the exam contents thing, CAA exams have been full of pointless rubbish for as long as I can remember (which is quite a long time!)...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2017, 22:47
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Anyway this is a rather fatuous conversation....

Anyway this is a rather fatuous conversation. People can wail, scream, sob and bang the table as much as they like about how terrible it is that we have young and inexperienced teaching aviation, but...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2017, 22:42
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

I'm from planet realist, clearly you are not from...

I'm from planet realist, clearly you are not from around here. Anyway to answer your question, firstly I'd say that PPL training isn't really an industry - by using that word you are again linking it...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2017, 16:00
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Yes and just remind me how often does that...

Yes and just remind me how often does that happen? What is the probability of a person dying when an aircraft falls on their head vs the probability of them dying in a road accident? Many, many...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2017, 15:57
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

It is the cheap thing to do but as said, if we...

It is the cheap thing to do but as said, if we make it the perfect system without considering cost, virtually no-one will be able afford it. Although no doubt some on here would quite like it if PPL...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2017, 15:54
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

No absolutely not. In leisure aviation, safety is...

No absolutely not. In leisure aviation, safety is not paramount. This is the stupid sort of BS spouted by commercial aviation management who don't know anything about flying. If safety were paramount...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2017, 13:00
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Yes, but only because of what I read on here! ...

Yes, but only because of what I read on here!


Of course one can always strive to improve things but when that comes down to "lets not let those silly young people be instructors, lets only allow...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2017, 09:41
Replies: 179
Views: 31,497
Posted By HeliComparator

Regarding G-RFUN ... Wow, what a load of...

Regarding G-RFUN ... Wow, what a load of pomposity on this thread! You can pass a driving test that shows you are barely competent to drive, buy a sports car, and crash it due to inexperience....
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