CFI
The standards set by many new low hour instructors is very good, if they have the correct attitude to the job and proper supervision. Isn't that why they have to work with a G1 on the premises?
I am sure you would rather have a new keen low hour Instructor working with you than an old sinical one who can't wait to leave the school.
If the self improver mode of gaining an aviation career is to continue you can only hope that the junior G3 stays as the VFR charter jobs are fast running out. You can thank the C208 and insurance companies for that one.
So to remain as a flying school and not be forced out of buiseness by the sponsored airline schemes the PPL will become the staple activity and not the CPL as now.
How can you afford not to have G3's working then?
While I do agree that the sausauge factory does occur and this causes the drop in standards it is upto each CFI to try and remove that from their organisation by providing ongoin training. Isn't it about time that flying schools provided CRM courses, CFIT courses ETC to there staff so as to increase there base knowledge and then through ongoing training the standards will rise.