notmyC150v2,
Mark Davis needs to go back and read the white paper again. I note he is a political reporter and not an aviation reporter.
The white paper asks the industry to consider setting up a national flying school to train flying instructors, not pilots.
I suppose this would work something along the lines of RAAF CFS at East Sale; all instructors would have to graduate from the central college before they could be employed by a flying school. This would have some advantages:
1. Easy pairing of student instructors for training
2. The college could set and control the flight training syllabus, which would ensure consistency.
3. The quality of PPLs might improve because the style of instruction would be consistent from school to school.
Of course, the biggest hurdle would be funding. Who pays the instructor trainers?
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