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Old 8th Jan 2005, 19:43
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Say again s l o w l y
 
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So you stuffed up a manouever and that's the instructors fault how???

Power on stalls may not be a "JAA" requirement, but any instructor worth a fig should make you do it AND you should be able to handle it. There's alot of stuff not in the tests etc. that can still kill you, does that mean you shouldn't understand what they are or how to deal with them?

As for the statement that a power on stall is unrealistic.... Oh really. I'm sure Bookworm could dig up a few reports of people who've killed themselves that way.

As for not checking you out, absolutely correct. You didn't fulfill their requirements, therefore why should you be allowed to take their a/c up unsupervised?

F3G, If the instructor is asking you to do something unsafe such as spinning with a very aft C of G, then you are correct to query it, but why would you go up in a machine knowing that this was the case. Surely you would know what tasks you needed to perform and the a/c was unsuitable in your eyes, so why fly it??

Changing instructors as you think they are too harsh...... Have a look at yourself please....
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