Whirlybird
I agree with a lot of what you have stated. The one thing that I fear is the difficulty in enforcing what GAPAN propose. If it cannot be enforced then at worst, there will still be a variance in the teaching quality and at best, the FTOs will go for the cheapest option.......I will leave you to guess what that would be.
IMHO the reason heli instructors can make a living is because of short supply. That sortage is due to cost of becoming a heli instructor.
BigEndBob
A lot of the older generation of instructors had military experience and could offer insight into spinning the bigger and
different (Tigers etc) types. This is not an option for the new non hourbuilding instructors. I would say that if I am to teach the spinning characteristics of a C150 then I would make sure that I was competent as a teacher and a pilot in doing so.