Originally Posted by
aroa
And to stay on topic. I can thank those very experienced Instructors of yesteryear, hoary old WW2 guys who imparted their skills and experience,,,, all gained in the school of very hard knocks.
Not so sure about some of the very young, no real world experience folk about these days. Its a worry.
Oh C’mon, the WW2 generation was mostly retired or flying airliners not instructing by the 70s. I’ve been hearing the “young guys with no experience can’t instruct” line since at least the 90s. Therefore the last 30 years, and if you start flight training at 20 that means at least anyone under 50, which would be the bulk of today’s professional pilots. Aircraft don’t seem to be dropping out of the sky on a regular basis.
Just another “kids these days” myth methinks......