compulsory groundschool for PPL's
What's the concensus regarding compulsory ground schooling for PPL's? I personally think that at least 10 hours of paid for ground school should be made compulsory in the JAA sylabus. I think the current system of briefing and de-briefing is open to abuse as the FI ( hourly paid ) is not being paid for this element directly and will scuttle out of it wherever possible. In my personal experience, my instructors really could not have given a crap. A better understanding of the helicopter early on, is beneficial to everyone. If briefings were charged for, then the standard of piloting would also improve as the instructor would not be thinking of the next punter waiting to go. 10 hours of ground instruction would not add that much to the overall cost of a PPL and could have a significant safety advantage. Over to you, FI's.