it works both ways old bean, i have flown with sub-standard captains, who for example, drift from the sop's and it turns into a gang ****. Now i am not to say which is the correct path up the ladder but i do feel that there should eb a natural progression rather than 200 hours and bang right seat medium jet. For the record i instructed for many years, loved it hated it but taught myself heaps that some young-uns like myself will never know, unfortunately i missed flying turbo-props so far and it is a huge regret i feel i have missed a part of aviation completely.
Any way it is my opnion that it is purely down to the natural ability of the person in question, some people are shown it once and they crack it straight away (me) and some people need to be shown multiple times (not me).
When i used to teach i found patience, honesty and understanding of the students ability was all that was required.
Last edited by Jetdriver; 24th Jan 2006 at 19:49.