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Old 12th Oct 2015, 17:26
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However the rub is the instructor has to actually know something about the real world operation of that models. This is problem when the average flight school instructor will likely never have seen anything but the C 152/172 or Pa28. So a bit of digging may be required to find the right instructor to get the most out of a checkout.
Now theres a point that is worth exploring, mainly for the EASA pilots but I suppose equally for FAA licence pilots operating in Europe.

Lets keep the example outside of the flying school aircraft environment;

Does the pilot checking out the pilot with no experience on type have to be an instructor, or can the check pilot be a none instructor so long as he/she is experienced on the type.

Example, pilot purchases say a C182 from an owner, pilot buying the aircraft has only flown Pipers, owner of the C182 has 500 hours on type, no instructors around with C182 time, is it wiser to get the owner to do the checkout or an instructor with no experience on type to do a checkout ?

Aircraft types could be any variation just used the above as an example, and assuming everyone is appropriately licensed.
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