The October 2009 conference in Centurion/Pretoria was well organised, extremely well attended and very surprisingly interesting.
There were instructors there from all walks of South African aviation, from DCA old timers (sorry there) to chief pilots of regional airlines.
One of the main points of the conference, as I understood matters, was to present a refresher course to instructors and to provide a briefing forum as to what was the happening with the CAA and new legislation in SA. I think it is the truth to say that the course stands in lieu of having completed XYZ hours of basic instruction within the time period of a valid instructor rating. So you can either do that route or, if you are flying Airbus 380s oout of Singapore and are not actually instructing, you can do the course instead of loosing your instructor rating. A damned good idea!
Personal view point is that I thought it was an excellent arrangment and worth the time to drive from Johanneburg to Pretoria, listen, lunch and learn and far from being a waste of time. In my case with specifical reference, I flew from Germany to attend the conference. Possibly shows how damned ignorant and inexperienced I am that I found it interesting?
Last edited by Der absolute Hammer; 1st Apr 2010 at 13:56.