Originally Posted by
lgaflyer
A trainer will probably not let a GA happen on a stablized approach because it wastes fuel (aka money)! Heck, they dont even let a GA happen even on an unstablized approach (reference PVD)!! They can try talking them down with one hand guarding the yoke. Same CFI techniques we all used before. Why can't they apply the same technique here?
Your assumptions are wrong for starters. More importantly I believe the training department is focused on safety first and foremost. If it were about money all these sub par candidates would be getting pushed through. Maybe their standards are higher than yours. You seem to be bothered by the quality of instruction and the percentage of people needing additional training. Perhaps it's not the quality of instruction but the skill set of new candidates that are lacking. For that to be the case you'd be wrong, and I'm willing to bet you won't budge on your viewpoint. Either way when you're sitting in the left seat and someone off ioe abandons controls at 50ft in your lap, you decide if it's the training departments fault or the person who was flying the airplane at the time.