Well said
WWW.
I just hope all wannabee's who are about to take up full time training read your posting.
The standards required of a student you expected as an instructor are what I would have guessed a trainee professional pilot must live up to. I'm about to start training in Jerez soon and your post has confirmed in my mind the behavior, attitude and performance expected. It is very reassuring to hear this.
I've been through the PPL route which was a very exciting and also pleasant way to spend weekends. It was also about as intellectually demanding as reading the Sunday newspapers. I do not expect obtaining an fATPL to be anything like that. In Jerez, I hope not only to learn how to be a professional pilot but how to think and act like one too.
BTW I don't know what other contracts say but the BAE one is quite specific
about acceptable standards of appearance and behavior.