However, this support is balanced with the recognition that there are fewer flight instructors and a shrinking fleet of aircraft capable of delivering this outcome.
A situation created directly by the CASA introduction of Part 61. Australia's 'world leading' interpretation of Part 61.
To be granted a Grade 3 Training Endorsement, the candidate must have a SPIN Flight Activity. This training would usually be conducted by the Grade 1 conducting the Grade 3 Training Endorsement. At the completion of the Flight Test for the G3 TE can the G3 conduct SPIN training,
ohhhh noooo. They must get the SPIN training approval in addition, costing the candidate a significant amount of money in addition to the Instructor Rating.
In my years in aviation I have come across very few Instructor candidates that have the unlimited funds to add all of the
extra training approvals now mandated by Australian Part 61. They make a choice, 'well, there's limited potential for a return on this approval, so not doing it'
Australian Part 61 has added significant cost to Instructor Ratings should the candidate want to teach what they were approved to teach under CAR 5.
Ab-Initio students wear the cost of this.