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Old 24th Feb 2007, 16:23
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BEagle
 
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I'll rephrase it then.....

The concept of pilots with no real QFI experience teaching very inexperienced ab-initios to fly the Mighty Muncher would seem fraught with risk to me.

Back in the days when the country could still afford an air force, QFIs would normally do at least 3 years of ab-initio instructing at a UAS or BFTS and have gained their A2 category before being released to instruct at OCUs.

But I guess some staff officer will come up with a cheap 'patch over the cracks' idea to appease the Airships.......yet again.
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