Originally Posted by
Rob Howarth
I very much concur with this. Our instructional team are very 'hot' with adhesion to 413, for the very reasons you have stated, and we aid students in this area through coaching and an aide memoire.
When I did my R/T VHF practical test (separate HF test) in 1972 at Carlisle ( OATS northern base until 1981) it was based on an IFR flight from A to B. CAP46 in those days.
Then in the 1980s, you could be signed off for your R/T licence during the PPL training. Invariably standards fell significantly.
Now the R/T practical is a flying club VFR flight from A to B. A useful start, but hardly relevant to the later stages of CPL/IR training.