OK so I made some assumptions but to the likes of mumraaa et al please read the first line of my post again.
My point is if this guy has been issued a CAA/JAA licence either on the basis of a checkride or a foreign licence he MUST have taken a GFT and the Air Law exams. Therefore if these subjects weren't covered by the examiner there must be a deficency in the examination process and indeed if UK trained the instruction process.
No I am not an instructor but I have flown with a good few people with different ICAO licences and there is a definate difference in knowledge standards. May be the difference is on the priority of procedures but I have encountered pilots wanting to fly a strange a/c without doing W+B and when asked why was told they had never performed one nor had any idea what density altitude was and why it was important to performance but was in possesion of a nice shiny new CAA licence.... needless to say I didn't fly with him.
Even more recently I encountered another JAA pilot who had just passed out from unknown causes, suffering shortness of breath and chest pain. Yet couldn't grasp my concern as to why he should not fly! What happened to Human Performances and Limitations?
Intersting how I seem to have been flamed more than FNG with his comments - may be it because I ve dared to bring up this touchy subject again?
