Geoffrey's and Crab. I think it is easy to convince yourselves that the CFS system produces a "proper" instructor. However, the general level of experience for a military candidate is significantly lower than the average offshore TRI candidate.
My story. I had over 10k in my logbook when I put my hand up to play. Military, police, HEMS, charter and offshore experience with a proper wedge of flight time on 5 multi engine types.
I first did a core course. 3 weeks of ground school. Followed by LTC Training being mentored and the checked for the qualification. 6 months of LTC consolidation followed bt TRI Technical course, CRM Facilitators course and Tec Refresher on my current type. Then almost 3 months of mentored TRI Training followed by the CAA check ride for TRI. 6moths of TRI Consolidation followed by the 2 week TRE Stadardisation course with about 20 hours in the sim. 5 test observation, 5 tests under supervision followed by the CAA TRE AoC.
A process that took over 1 full year. And note this was not a course to allow me to teach newbies how to fly. Just Type Ratings and Licence Tests.
My Company at the time placed huge value on the length of time we were mentored and supervised and in my opinion I received a very high quality of prep and training.
I never did the QHI course so I cannot compare but given the quality of the QHIs I have experienced and their relative inexperience when they do the QHI course, it is commendable just how good that course must be as all QHIs I have experienced have been top notch.
DB