Originally Posted by
BEagle
So, having established that a 'QUI' isn't even qualified to teach the Part-FCL PPL(A) syllabus, who actually
are these 'QUI's? FTRS Flt Lt/ex-Wg Cdrs who have been persuaded to fill the UAS instructional vacancies which the RAF no longer has the manpower to fill with regular QFIs? Or are they holding officers waiting for an OCU?
It all smells of beancounter-inspired dumbing down to me.
Yet once the rest-of-the-world looked up to the standards set by CFS...
Pretty much all FTRS, the only regulars on a UAS at the moment are the Commanding Officers. That may change temporarily during the transition to MFTS. There aren't enough ex mil QFIs to fill the posts and 115 don't have the capacity to train enough to the full qualification level in a reasonable timescale. It's not beancounter driven, the choice is have many fewer fully qualified instructors and reduce dramatically what can be done on the UAS, or train only to a level to achieve the task as not that many actually need the advanced level training. The fact that they aren't qualified to teach the Part-FCL PPL is irrelevant, that's not the job they are required to do.