Hey Randy_G
You make sense.
Those CF military instructors were great for hammering home procedures and emergency drills. I was away from flying for a while and then went on a civvy job. The civvy training pilot just shook his head after my first full-on auto and said, "Well I guess we don't have to spend much time reviewing that." What I did need was all the good operational stuff that civvies do so much of and we military guys may or may not do occasionally. I had never slung poles or huge cargo nets at that early point in my career.
Those Civvy instructors they contracted for our mountain flying course were great for passing on their experience - we couldn't have done it without them. What a plum course that was - high competition to get on it too!
And then on those times when I flew civvy contracts, those company training pilots, so long in the tooth, could sure pass along the "why" and "how" of what they do, backed up by some great stories that usually started with, "I remember one time . . ."
And then there was the time I was sent on the Underwater Egress Course - what an eye-opener that was! I would have died if I had ditched before that course - I'm sure. Afterwards, I felt I had a chance of surviving. I was never so grateful for a course! I would tell people - don't fly over water without it!
Cheers.
