Send Clowns,
I am humbled by any pilot with only an hour on type who can describe in clear easily understood detail the exact attitudes, power settings and aircraft responses in all aspects of flight from Vso to Vne including stall/spin. I personally would never expect to match that even at retirement.
NorthSouth,
The difference is that the instructors under that system were pilots who passed on their experience as well as knowledge. Today we have licence holders who in some cases teach in other cases simply try to prevent accidents while in the aircraft.
I did my test on a C152. Before teaching on the C172 I was required to show 30 hours experience on type ( and with a recomendation from the CFI, have the type included in my instructor rating). This I gained by a combination of touring and part of the instrument rating training.
Recently, I did some part time instructing to keep the rating current. PA28s were no problem for a quick checkout but for the first 20 hours I was learning just as much as the student and my briefings took some time to become as slick as the ones I can do for the C152.
regards,
DFC