Enough of that. The vast majority of FI's and CFI's do a good job keeping most of you lot from killing yourselves. So lets keep a lid on the FI slagging here. As EAl hyas mentioned, there are both good and bad PPL's, FI's and Students, but to read on here you'd think all the FI's of the world were incompetent, egomaniacal, workshy incompetents. I'm sorry gentlemen, but that's rubbish.
There is a meeting every now and then for CFI's and the CAA, there was one earlier this year and some of us do actually talk to each other as well.
I think BEagle was at the seminar I mentioned, so I'm sure he'll put his 2p in about it.