Originally Posted by
Centaurus
Manwell. Joe Z flew Catalinas in the SW Pacific during WW2. His method of instruction was based upon biting sarcasm. One day he was instructing a new former GA Australian pilot called Barry and giving Barry a hard time in the 737 simulator. At the completion of Barry's first session Joe Z summarised Barry's progress by saying "Barry - there is one thing for sure and that is you will never be killed flying a 737. That is because you are so far behind the aircraft that it will have crashed before you have caught up with it."
With regards to the book I mentioned in my earlier post. It was called "Up and Away" by John Jacobs. john was on No. 6 RAAF Post War pilots bcourse at Point Cook. To put that in context I was No. 8 Course. See:
https://victoriancollections.net.au/...4bcc71e7445bd8
Thanks Centaurus. I was on No 137, so I'm surprised you're still around! However, considering the fact there are blokes with your experience still around, it's a damn shame there aren't more of you running flying schools, eh?