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Many missions are canceled because of weather in the working areas - not because you can't takeoff and land. You have to know this with your experience. are you just trying to stir the pot? Originally Posted by Timbo
I was based at Pease for 8 years in a Guard KC135. I went TDY to Bitburg many times, back in the mid 1980's, to refuel you guys. At least half our missions there were cancelled because the ceilings were too low for the fighters to fly... We did a lot of sight seeing on all those no-fly days.
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As to who does what, and what creates a better IP, have you been through a Civilian Instructor Course? Or are you just repeating what they told you in UPT? It's a lot more than just a few hours on top of the PPL.
Nope - at the end of my college training program I decided NOT to go for the CFI/II/MEI certs because I didn't think I was ready to instruct. Most of my instructors were newly minted CFIs. When I moved on to insotructors that actually had some real world experience the difference in instruction was remarkable.As to who does what, and what creates a better IP, have you been through a Civilian Instructor Course? Or are you just repeating what they told you in UPT? It's a lot more than just a few hours on top of the PPL.
When I was a kid my Dad was CFI'ng every day, and flying mail runs in a twin Beach at night. He used to say, "Given enough bananas you could teach a monkey to fly." The Civilian program allows anyone with enough money to keep coming back and getting more lessons, no matter how lazy they are about studying and working on their skills.
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I feel that in both worlds, the Civilian mill, vs. Miltiary, they would BOTH produce much better pilots if they both used IP's with some real world experiece, vs. 250hr. FAIPs and Mill grads. As I said in my UPT critique, send them out to get some flying experience for 3 years, then bring them back to instruct.
Amen. I feel that in both worlds, the Civilian mill, vs. Miltiary, they would BOTH produce much better pilots if they both used IP's with some real world experiece, vs. 250hr. FAIPs and Mill grads. As I said in my UPT critique, send them out to get some flying experience for 3 years, then bring them back to instruct.