hehehehe..Could I resist such a prod!? Of course not
Originally Posted by
unfazed
Well guys looks like the whole of the JAR world might be moving to a system that permits these dangerous lunatics to inflict flight training on poor un suspecting souls.
Yep no problem with that when it happens. But as it is currently under consideration it is our responsibility as instructors and exmaniners to ensure that the laws as they are are complied with and to set an example to students. The rules matter. The laws matter.
I hasten to add that all my comments about unlicensed fields place 'goernment aerodromes' in the same category as licensed airfields for the purposes of this discussion.
Any instructor who blatently flies and instructs against these rules is a disgrace - it goes against everything that being an example of good aviation practice is about.
Originally Posted by
unfazed
So what are you going to moan about then.
er...lack of gold bars on the instructors at said airfields
Originally Posted by
unfazed
I work from an unlicensed field and I have lost count of the number of students who tell me what an awful experience they have endured at licensed fieds in the area.
Just because you wear gold bars and polish your shoes doesn't make you safer !
Yeah much instructing can take place at unlicenced fields. Ive flown in an out of some unlicenced fields during some sorties. However, all of these are within the realms of the rules that have been laid down. The discussion here was quite clearly (from post #1) about training for the purposes of obtaining a licence.
er....so the status of an AERODROME licence is an indication of the quality of instruction that will be received?! Pardon? Did you really mean to suggest this?
Personally I think the quality of instruction in the UK is pretty poor at a lot of places and Ive heard never ending tales of bad instruction. The gold bar places can be just as good - or just as bad as anywhere else (ive experienced both - but gold bars at commercial levels). However, gold bars when treaching PPLs is just plain silly. I can think of one club I know of in the midlands where one or two instructors think gold bars are what its about. very sad. very silly. In fact laughable - if it wasnt for my concern about students at these sorts of establishments. But thats really creeping into another discussion.
I also work from an unlicenced airfield...the fact its a government aerodrome helps somewhat and tends to keep me within the law.
