Originally Posted by
shdw
I would stretch it even a little further. It is like learning to play a sport before you can walk/run properly.
I would agree completely, this is like teaching a kid how to run before you can even start to walk upright. I have flown the G1000 and found that my transition was easy and after a few flights I knew what button to push and what it did. I can imagine how difficult if might be for a new student to learn anything. It would be hard to know what to look at, what information I can use and what I should not use, along with what a button does. Some things in TAA are great if you know what is going on, but trying to learn everything is hard. This is not made easier due to the fact that you have to start Instrument approaches.
On a side note, some of the students are most likely in college, which of course comes with college life. I hope flying is not on their minds all the time for the sake of their social life.
Originally Posted by
the King
I was employed by a university that performed this "experiment."
May I ask if the University that you worked at is still using that program? I’m some what curious what University that was if you don’t mind. I’m new at these forums, don’t know if that is a proper question to ask on this site.