Originally Posted by boogie-nicey
Oh dear, another example of how the centre of the aviation universe is the UK....
It's very true that the FAA system is far more practical and basic PPL students don't understand the concepts in such depth.
This is nothing more than UK ott arrogance of how they're teaching the world how to fly..... The US have a right to conduct their own training affairs based on vastly more research and a thankfully a lack of silly JAA style Aviation Science that seems to make the equation 'theory heavy'
By the way I have trained in the UK and US and like both systems but I don't like this silly "we#re superior than you" approach to training, we're all in it together no matter where we trained.
Please accept my humble apologies if that's what you thought this is about. It's really not what I'm saying at all... and in fact to support my complaint about the FAA theory, I'm referring to the NASA website which is, I believe, a US institution? Not once have I said the JAA teach it better than you do, and I wouldn't dream of suggesting such a thing.
I'm not trying to get "heavy" on the theory, I just want it to be correct - not more complicated. Do you agree that an aeroplane flies because of the wind whacking into the underside of the wing? If not - would you tolerate it being taught?
As far as "We're superior to you" attitude, I think you have an unfortunate chip on your shoulder. In fact I think the FAA system as a whole is MUCH MUCH better than the JAA system. It IS far more practical - and enjoyable too. But if the theory is that unimportant - then why teach it all?
I could list a whole host of complaints against the JAA system - and their question banks, but that's not why I started this thread.