Firstly a slight apology – the scheme was announced (not by me) before all the details had been finalised, so there is a delay as this is being done.
One of the LAA’s aims is to cut the cost of flying and this scheme appears to do that. I was taught to fly by unpaid enthusiast instructors in the gliding world and personally I would like to see more of this and less commercial exploitation. Obviously there will be those with the opposite view that want flying to be as expensive as possible to help the bottom line and I respect that. However, if we can get and keep more pilots in sport aviation it will make the pie bigger and we should all benefit. I have been a long term supporter of the LAA coaching scheme and it is very good indeed with some very experienced and interested individuals who can often bring a different perspective to flying.
Rod1