flite idol - the CFI at Bounemouth flying club has the following qualifations..
ATPL/IR/FI.E
he can teach..
PPL . .IMC. .NIGHT. .AEROBATIC. .MULTI. .CPL. .IR
he can teach people to teach..
PPL . .IMC. .NIGHT. .blah blah blah.....
Surely any mere mortal can get all of these qualifications assuming they have a a big enough dollop of cash, so how does that make him 10th best, there are no league tables in flying, we're all human and with experience comes ability (and more ratings!!)
I'm sure he is very capable and that BFC is a very good school but there is only one of him and he is the CFI what are the chances EVERY student will have him as their instructor? I can only comment about PAT, not having been to BFC, all PAT instructors were older guys (bar one - you know who you are)who have flown countless thousands of hours and have masses of experience to pass on.
I think that gets my point across, if it was all about being the best we'd have joined the USAF/USN!!
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