Originally Posted by
Uncle Cumulus
Ref the spotting failures in advance, might not general maturity be the unconscious clue?
No! I went as a deputy course commander to a meet and greet. One stude was slightly aloof. I asked him "Where's the farm then?" Shropshire he said. That was another that didn't make it through.
It is no self-fulling prophesy for, as I have said, it was not a question of one on one instruction failing.
Of my course 6 our of 7 were mature. Do as we could however the young non-university guy, ex-pilot, remained a lost cause.