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Old 22nd Sep 2020, 18:59
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Whopity
 
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some experienced instructors , especially ones in the airlines
What a curious request. What type of instruction are you interested in? Ab-initio or airline training, do you actually know anything about training or what the differences might be?
Many years ago when I joined the RAF we were given a list; the Qualities of an Officer; a few days later we were given another list, the qualities of a Captain, both lists were the same which provoked the question, how can you have an NCO Captain if they don't have the qualities to be an Officer? Both list were really nonsense.

There is a saying, those who can, Do; those who can't , Teach and those who can't teach, Teach Teachers

In order to teach you need Knowledge; Patience; the ability to demonstrate what you want the candidate to do; more Patience and the ability to show the candidate another way. It is very different teaching ab-initio to adding to the skill of a qualified person, some instructors might be very good at one but not the other.
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