Hey
Turbine, old Buddy,
I love my instructing too - And there have been some very good points made by Papa Smurf and others regarding the polish that Instructing can put on your flying. Reddo and myself just echoed the points CLK made him/herself, and commented that these are the opinions we have seen in the industry.
I have recently returned on an occasional fill-in basis to my previous employer as instructor after 14 months running Chieftains around the joint - I have seen FIRST HAND how some of my sloppier habits have been imitated by the students! It makes you smarten up real quick.
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and I will be flying the Chiefy again as soon as the Fuel nightmare is resolved...
Turbine, you are as guilty of making generalisations as anyone else here. I have come accross some great instructor types from BK -
Apache is one- but by far the majority are stuck-up unfriendly little prat Grade 3s with an attitude problem. What used to be referred to in Kununurra as the "Rayban and Mobile Phone set".
Bush pilots have a very sloppy attitude to their flying, are not disciplined on the radio, don't fly within tolerance and cannot handle particularly high workloads.
Aside from whatever offence might be taken by myself, Col Pay, Yanda pilots or country Connection pilots to this remark, you are showing a complete ignorance of what Charter is about in the non-metropolitan area. It isn't about getting from East Bumjack to Woop Woop... it is usually about getting from the country to a capital city in a hurry. Capital City control zones are every day occurrences as are flights at night or in IMC to completely foreign destinations. Control procedures are a snack - don't tell me they make you a better instructor!
You are 15 minutes away from terrain 4500 feet high
.... so?
2 minutes away from the Ocean
....and? (only straight through SY CTR...but never mind...)
and 10 minutes away from country not that much different to anywhere else south of FNQ
....I'd like to see that!!!
What is your point!!??
I am 4 mins from terrain 4500' high, 3 mins from the pub and 10 minutes from a nervous breakdown!
I don't want to take anything away from GAAP instructors, but their experience is
different, not necessarily
better
Does the stunning list of qualifications at the start of your post hold as much water as your argument?
(WHAT Argument???)
Oh, and by the way I'm a Chief Pilot of a ME CHTR organisation too... CASA hand 'em out on Weeties boxes, mate!
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[This message has been edited by Bendo (edited 19 January 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Bendo (edited 19 January 2000).]