Originally Posted by
A37575
Presumably that means the new instructors will be given a basic learn to fly course before being "promoted" to qualified (
) flying instructor. This will inevitably lead to the blind leading the blind...
and not much different from what we have in many parts of the world where 250 hour CPLs become instructors.
In Indonesia, however, you'll find flying schools use instructors who are active airline pilots with thousands of hours under their belt. NAM (Sriwijaya), Wings Flying School (Lion and Wings) Nusa Intl (Aviastar), Merpati Pilot School and the government flight school STPI (Garuda) all have current line pilots instructing at their respective schools. And from what I know, new instructors at some of these schools have also been given the opportunity to fly the line and gain experience whilst they start to instruct.