to kissmysquirrel, yep he sure did
i'll leave whirly to her thoughts about it as i'm sure she'll report back next week, wish id had the forum to ask when i did my FI course!
oldmanrotor why should anyone have to get an industry job before instructing? some of us do it because we like to and have no wish to be a bus driver, a lot are very good, and, whilst some are not so good , it is the same in the commercial world - maybe after6500 hours in the soup you dont like seeing the real world!