Originally Posted by Jambo Buana
The question I ask is why do pilots with the same licence attained through the same system have such varying opinions on such a fundamentally important area? I think the answer lies in licensing/examinations etc that in my day were still concentrating on areas such as Omega nav even though it had been withdrawn!
I think your question is excellent. On the instrument exam in the USA I was asked a question about the odd sort of lead in lights at KJFK for the Carnasie approach.
It was more than 15 years before I actually flew to KJFK.
The licensing of all pilots is an odd sort of guess. We call it a license to learn out here.
Some pilots are at their peak of capability the day they get their ATP and go down hill from there. Others are constantly learning and honing their skills.
It takes a rare sort of pilot on their retirment flight to actually be trying to be even better!
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