They wouldn't, the RAF have been using the same basic instruction manual for years the one Dan and BEagle got issued proberly only have changes included for the purposes of new aircraft types compared to the one issued today the basic principles of how to fly haven't changed for 50 years.
This diversity line about so many ways to skin a cat is just an excuse so instructors can carry on re-inventing the wheel and plugging there own ideas about how it is meant to be done. The end result is that the whole sylabus has become a mish mash of methods with no real standard. Which people haven't a clue whats expected of them or which one of many perversions along a general theme they are meant to produce.
The instructors think they have found the new in thing but the old method has incorporated years of cock ups and rules of thumb that the boy that killed himself learning that wasn't the way to do it has been forgotten. I suspose its the old stable extravert thing and the personalitys involved which make us all think we know better than the old fart who smells of wee who learn't to fly in a tiger moth after 300 hours of instructing.
The differences between FIC's is becoming more and more marked and now there are no checks now before becoming unrestricted there is no real check on any FI's and their methods. Most get an airline job before the renewal and after that if they decided they want to instruct for a hobby they have had the crap kicked out of them in the sim 8-10 times with defined methods of dealing with stalls etc. And knowing the importance of SOP's and standard methods they forget the invented ones they used as an FI and use the "RAF" methods which work for all types.
I have a feeling that most on this forum if flying together would try and retrain each other if they had a blind flight test with each other.
MJ
Last edited by mad_jock; 8th April 2006 at 07:22.