Llamaman,
Just as I was following your argument, you come out with
Originally Posted by llamaman
anybody who has not instructed (a la CFS) is not informed enough to comment on this matter.
At which point you lost me completely.
CFS graduates do not hold all the keys to the instructional castle. There are plenty of us out there and in here that have, and still do, instruct without being QFIs. And in those capacities we have been exposed to and worked through the frustrations, challenges and pitfalls of teaching people to fly and operate aircraft and to prepare them for their futures.
Whilst fully acknowledging the well-earned reputation of CFS, I rather dispute their self-claimed monopoly on instruction and enduring stranglehold on certain aspects thereof.
So, no, you don't need to have done instruction "a la CFS" to be informed enough to comment on this matter. Perhaps your quote rather illustrates some of the arrogance that folk here are complaining about.