Sorry, but this sounds like yet more acceptance of diminished standards. The 'Q'TI sounds to be a fraudulent concept; the idea of re-appointing them as 'Q'FIs without a CFS course is even worse. In the VC10 world we have occasionally had FIs who were not 'Q'FIs thanks to the legacy of the old 'training captain' era. One or two proved their worth, others had neither the knowledge nor instructional ability to each 'how' to do anything - it was a question of "Do an ILS" followed by "This was wrong, that was wrong etc, etc" - no real instruction, just poorly qualified criticism.
Why are we allowing people to bypass an established system of excellence (CFS) in this way? What is it hoping to achieve?
[ 15 July 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]