The guy is a pratt and should not have an instructors rating, on another thread I have had a few things to say about the standard of instruction of late.
I can only shudder to think what this so-called instructor's attitude to spinning is !!!!!!!!.
Sadly, it is a fact of life that many, perhaps most, of current instructors have rather narrow experiences to draw upon.
Here in Canada, it is typical for someone who wants to be an instructor (probably with the intention of using it as the first step on the aviation career ladder) to acquire a PPL, CPL and instructor's rating, all in short order in C-172s or equivalent FG airplanes. If the instructor's training is obtained through a college or university programme, he or she will also obtain a multi-IFR rating, usually in PA-44s. The instructor will
not usually receive exposure to tailwheels, aerobatics, soaring, float flying, or extensive x-country flying.
IMHO, limiting one's flying to short-distance straight-and-level flying in one or two different types of Cessnas or Pipers does not provide sufficient depth to allow an instructor to provide a student with quality advice. And yet, I don't blame the poor old instructor: after all, they had to pay for their training out of their own pocket, all for the privilege of obtaining a very low-paying job. Is it really any surprise that their pre-instructional experience is restricted to the cheapest airplane type available, in the fastest time possible?
Fortunately, one can learn a lot by reading books and magazine articles, and by asking questions and exchanging opinions on forums like this one.
Some instructors on the ATPL career path appear to have no interest in what you might term "aviation culture".
I agree 100%. Strange, isn't it? Books are cheap (or free, at the library) ... and yet you will have to search far and wide to find a flying instructor who is familiar with Richard Bach, Nevil Shute, Rinker Buck, Phillip Wills, or Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It's rather sad.
