Originally Posted by
bradthepilot
Totally agree about the difficulty in documenting other-than-dual given scenarios. And at the same time I'm also not convinced that instructing is somehow the gold standard of time building. It builds some skills, but weather avoidance and upset training seems to be two areas which are problematic.
Instructing is not. It does however get your brain engaged in piloting, and teaches you to think ahead and anticipate. It's also a readily available means of time building.
Originally Posted by
bradthepilot
Some CFIs just aren't very good pilots, so it seems like there'd need to be a way to vet them.
Tough nut to crack. We already have ACS, checkrides, and PRIA/PRD... all of that taken together usually works pretty well, unless employers are just hell bent on hiring regardless.
But Renslow didn't need to be a great a pilot, he just needed to STHU and focus himself and his FO on the task at hand. He might have learned that, if he'd been a CFI instead of 121 seat-meat prior to upgrade