Grandad.
True enough. This thread shows how WWW and no doubt many others are only instructors to achieve the 700hrs. Im sure he will do a good job but it would be nice if instructors were dedicated to it as a profession. I left for bigger things because of the low pay/conditions, even at the top of the tree.
If the ranks are filled with people like us what hope is there for the young uns getting decent conditions. I don't remember seeing many happy instructors in PPL crew rooms in the winter fogs. From anyones point of view getting experience into the PPL training system is a great thing to be encouraged. Many ATPL's (inc myself) do just that having kept our ratings valid. Getting the CAA to give anyone a quick route to QFI is I think 'wishing on a star' Bon-chance.
I heard recently that the CAA are still asking candidates to calculate multi-drift winds on the Whiz wheel. The RAF dropped that in 1960. Are 747s that get lost over the oggin expected to descend to 50', drop a smoke flare and then make three runs at the flare for the navigator to make the calculation? Next thing they will be asking about early ADF systems, manual plotting and other Hi tech stuff...... .