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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: Coop
Date: Sep 7, 2008 02:58

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:53:19 +0200 (CEST), nospam@usenet.fake (CJ320)
wrote:
>Hamish Reid wrote:
>
>> Why's that?
>
>The truth is, an experienced US instructor is better than a junior Aussie
>teacher, and the opposite obviously applies as well. It's just harder to
>find an experienced instructor in the US than it is in Australia because
>our guys historically accrued a few thousand hours before the airlines
>would touch them. Our instructors traditionally didnÂ’t become experienced
>by choice.
>
>I wonÂ’t say that the USA is better than us, but I also wouldnÂ’t be so
>arrogant to suggest theyÂ’re any worse.

I suspect experienced instructors are getting harder to find the world
over.
Locally, many of the smaller instructing schools have closed, leaving
only a couple locations around Adelaide still teaching people to fly.

Coop
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