Originally Posted by
43Inches
The benefit would be to make it much easier for long serving RAAF instructors to come back to be senior instructors to assist with the drain in basic aeronautical knowledge that has afflicted Australian aviation.
Whilst I would disagree with the statement "there's a drain in basic aeronautical knowledge in Australian aviation" that only RAAF pilots can fix, I'm scratching my head to why some here think that this pilot or any RAAF pilot are not allowed to become civilian flying instructors. They are certainly allowed to, as long as they meet the same prerequisites that civilian instructors do. Is spending about a year as a civilian flight instructor before getting a Grade 1 rating really too much for them to handle? Is the minimum amount of Grade 3 leading into Grade 2 instruction going to be an impossible task for this guy, even though his lawyer states he's pretty much one of the most skilled pilots in this country?