A spokesman for the CAA said that it was “supportive of the principle” of reforming pilot training. Trainee pilots now spent most of their time flying light aircraft. “After 20 hours they are just pootling about from place to place not necessarily learning a lot. Flying a light aircraft is nothing like flying an airliner.
I wonder if the spokesman has ever had a flying lesson in his life.
About 20hours is the sweat point for most people. The hand eye foot stuff hasn't embeded itself yet. The instructor has started to refuse to touch the radio and the swine wants you to get from A to B with the prospect in the near future they might change thier mind and go to C.
And he obviously thinks the effects of controls are different if a plane is called an airliner.
If the spokesperson has been miss quoted fair enough. If he actually came out with that bollocks he should get a right boot up the arse for talking such pish.