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Old 4th February 2010 | 07:45
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BEagle
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
A lot of this has to do with the mindset towards regulations.....

It was explained to me by a German Airbus test pilot thus:

A Brit, a German and a Frenchman all receive a new aircraft type. Each decides they want to use it for a specific purpose.

The Brit checks the manual - if there's nothing stating that he can't do it, then he'll go ahead and do it.

The German checks the manual - if there's nothing saying that he can do it, then he won't do it.

The Frenchman merely says "What manual?".........

So unless there's a specific rating privilege stating "The holder may give IF instruction to any other pilot" or similar, a German simply won't do it.

This isn't some racist nonsense, it's a consequence of different types of legal systems. One needs rules for everything, the other only has rules for prohibition.
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