Fuji, what really dumbfounds me is how so many pilots get their sea plane ratings in one or two days and were never trained on how to land on glassy water......
....of all the new skills one needs training in it is landing on glassy water and the accident records of pilots slamming into glassy water shows how important it is to be taught how to do a proper glassy water approach and landing.
To properly learn this skill one needs glassy water, teaching students how do do the glassy water approach and landing on water that has wind/waves on it just does not do the trick.
I don't post much here however when it comes to sea plane flying I feel I just have to comment. If for no other reason than to try and remind people that learning how to fly a sea plane is a serious business and needs to be treated as such.