I learnt to fly in 1961, my CFI was ex RAF, looong time instructor, full of patience, advice and common sense.
How many CFIs and senior instructors have been at their task for more than 10 years in these days?
We don't seem to teach common Dog fook at all these days even in the larger and "better" schools including very large Airline cadet systems.
I believe it has become a "process", not really orientated to the end product except to extract a bottom line profit for many of the organisations.
Some of the above comments scare the begeebers out of me as they will be the so called pilots of the future that the system is producing, an automation dependent, low flying awareness, crosswind avoiding lowest common denominator so called pilot.
I had so much fun all my 20,000 hours, was taught my 'trade" early in the process which enabled me to continue learning to the last "shut down check".
So many of the current "crop" stop learning because they know it all on the "Magenta Line".
I had the best years maybe, BUT I hope they can be better again.
