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Old 10th Aug 2005, 09:28
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Mr R Sole
 
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An instructional background really sharpens your stick and rudder skills and airlines appreciate this. This ultimately increases your mental capacity to absorb other stuff. My FI background really helped when I got my first job on a turboprop. I had more confidence in my abilities when it came to hand flying the aircraft from day one.

I was talking to a friend of mine who is a skipper on a regional jet. He said that even if he does not know the background of the guy sitting beside him in the right hand seat, he can always tell a ex FI as soon as the autopilot is disengaged.
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