Originally Posted by
dr dre
Exactly. A lot of experienced trainers, TRI and TRE on heavy jets have had to sit in a Cessna and do their G3 FIR if they wanted to instruct in that arena, I know several who have. They never thought doing the FIR in a Cessna after years of training on Boeing or Airbus was beneath them.
There’s no reason this guy couldn’t have done the same, except perhaps arrogance going off his lawyer’s statement. He was willing to appeal his case all the way to the AAT but not willing to sign up for a 6 week Instructor’s rating.
Apart from the fact that he didn't need to
The Applicant merely seeks to upgrade his Grade 3 Instructor Training Endorsement to Grade 1 and to add three endorsements to his (already held) Flight Instructor Rating