When I first started flying, I found one thing was a constant. The Instructors were barely ahead of me, let alone the aircraft.
When I started flying Jets, CT 114, my first instructor had maybe, 400 hrs. I thought he was truly experienced at the time.
When I finished the CT 114 course, 150 hrs later and went to Portage La Prairie to really learn how to fly. I was shocked by the fact that there were no young instructors. In fact there was not one instructer with less than 4000 hrs and many operational tours!
I thought to myself, I have truly entered the hallowed halls of true aviation as they obviously require much more expertise and knowledge to control these wonderful machines, to truly fly as God intended man to fly.
Through the years I have often questioned the wisdom of the "Pipeline Instructor" mentality. I can see that it is a way of building time for young plank drivers, but this is not condusive to passing on knowledge.
Now I know I'll probably get some sheyite (you can't say **** here) and abuse from the younger and inexperienced crowd out there, but before you throw the first stone, reflect on your own "student" time and how you think you may have benefited from a more experienced instructor as we do in the Rotary Wing world.
Cheers, OffshoreIgor
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