" I cringe when I see g1000 in a training aircraft as they steal attention from actually flying the thing!! "
I began flight training around 1990....I never saw so much as a DME until I was about to start my IR. Just basic panel - fully agree this is how it
should be!
" couldn't find the right end of the runway, couldn't operate the self serve fuel pump and had no clue what he was doing while taxiing."
First question....why did his instructor sign him off for solo? Or..was this similar to what I saw with some Asian cadets who had really severe language problems?