‘A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron’.*
~Horace Mann
Educational reformer
‘The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth.”’*
~Dan Rather
‘Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more’.
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~ Bob Talbert,
Journalist
Recruiting begins with selection and those in HR who believe that instructors are just pilots with a different label attached will not be doing our industry any favours.
170' - It may not be helpful to import fixed wing thinking into the rotary world. When teaching LOFT and operational sorties previous role experience is essential. Remember that fixed wing flying is all about working to and from a runway. In our world there are myriad of different scenarios for taking off and landing and for many the task is NOT going from A to B but involves challenging tasks in challenging environments. I don't know if the fixed wing guys are using sims to teach fire-fighing yet but if they are then I hope to goodness that the trainer has plenty of fire-fighting experience.
G.