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Yes, yet we sign up to a scheme that promotes the notion that newbies can hours-build teaching other newbies and that this is an intelligent interpretation of the (completely idiotic) notion that more hours = more competence.
6 out of the top 10 causal factors (FAA data and EASA data) in aviation accidents involve decision making errors.
The academic papers that explore poor decision making in aviation tend to repeat one important word - EXPERIENCE. Yes you are right you cannot teach experience but if you place a newbie alongside an experienced instructor then as the academics point out you have increased the range of decision options that the newbie is exposed to.
IMHO all FI's and TRI's should all have at ATPL before being allowed to teach.
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