O.k. so everyone does it because it is required proceedure,,yet in the past it was not done.....
....so what benefit is there now for the private pilot student to take longer to plan a local flight with an instructor than it takes us to plan an trans oceanic flight?
It pacifies the authorities after recent incidents that displeased them.
IMHO We have to be careful about doing a lot more than is legally required by the regulations because what we do sets a precedence which then sets the future regulations.
I always believed that we should teach a pilot well with proper skills and decision making abilities.
Unfortunately, the current climate is set to regulate this previous privilege because real instructional talent is transient enroute to the airlines and has to be replaced with inexperience.
I am fortunate in many ways, working part time for a company that has the audacity to buy a tailwheel aeroplane, and allow us to teach people how to get into strips like Hastings Field.
I taught aerobatics too, and the TC examiner even did aerobatic instructor rides in the aeroplane... Then they decided flying without "Aerobatics" on the OC was a bit naughty and I had my knuckles wrapped for doing it!
We still have fun, and we still do more real flying than any other organisation on the field.
Sometimes though, the busiest aeroplane, (the real one), runs out of time and into yet another check...
How many hours do you have now?
People used to say I had more hours than God! and that was a long time ago.
But what hours have I got, 30 float, some 70 odd Multi Engine... My IR is current if I go out and do a few approaches...
The rest of my time: single engine land, most of which is tailwheel, does not really count.
I got my PPL 33 years ago on the 9th July. I learned the old RAF style and it has stuck with me since and kept me safe.
Tomorrow I think I'll polish the windscreen on the Decathlon, and take it or the Chipmunk to the Pitt Meadows open house... There are some advantages to the experience I have
