WWW:. .. .Hi again good friend.. .. .I also was referring to private GA standards.. .. .They are not as oriented toward stick and rudder flying as they were several decades ago, in all fairness to your opinion the newer aircraft are not as demanding to fly which plays some part in the general lower standard of pilot skills in todays instructor.. .. .Will you agree that the aircraft which I referred to in my post required a different set of skills to fly than your Boeing?. .. .Will you also allow that "ALL" private pilot candidates would be better served if more stick and rudder skills were taught. For instance would it not be beneficial to them if some of their early training were on a taildragger?. .. .Now, can you give us some number crunching on what percentage of to days instructors are tail wheel qualified sufficient to teach on same.. .. . I will be hanging around N. Weald in May doing some test flying on the nicest PBY in the world before we ferry it and would really like to meet you if you are in that area. ( Hell maybe you could even teach me something about flying the damn thing? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> .. ). .. .............. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />