It's weird. Being a CFI (flight instructor in the USA) is nothing
to be ashamed of. Down here it's recognized as a valid
time-building phase for new pilots, and often ex-military and
airline pilots put the effort into acquiring and maintaining their
CFI. CFI's are respected down here - at least, a little bit.
Contrast that to Canadian aviation, where a flight instructor is
socially ranked somewhere around a repeat sex offender. An
object of revulsion and scorn and ridicule. I don't get it.
Like a former pedophile, any pilot who was once a flight instructor
in Canada distances themselves as far away and as fast away
from it as they can, and denies any previous involvement
with their previous activity.
What's it like in Europe? Are flight instructors considered the
social equals of registered sex offenders?
The epitome of Safety....or Stupidity
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Slick Goodlin
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[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=7110.msg19359#msg19359 date=1506122032]
It's weird. Being a CFI (flight instructor in the USA) is nothing to be ashamed of.
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In my experience they only former instructors who are ashamed of their pasts are the ones who didn't give a shit, raced through it and consequently sucked at teaching people. Maye pride in their work isn't so much a sign of an American instructor as it is a sign of a [i]good[/i] instructor.
It's weird. Being a CFI (flight instructor in the USA) is nothing to be ashamed of.
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In my experience they only former instructors who are ashamed of their pasts are the ones who didn't give a shit, raced through it and consequently sucked at teaching people. Maye pride in their work isn't so much a sign of an American instructor as it is a sign of a [i]good[/i] instructor.
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Nark1
I keep my flight instructor certificate current, despite not teaching currently.
What should really piss you off (towards TC), the FAA will renew my CFI certificates based upon me being a captain in a multi crew environment. There's five or so things that will renew it, outside of the normal FAA classes.
We don't have to do anything, except make an appointment with the loacal FSDO, and submit a new 8710. A new certificate is issued on the spot.
I just completed a private pilot Ground school for a junior enlisted guy. Wouldn't have been able to do that without a current certificate. Saved him a few hundred $ when he gets back to the USofA.
What should really piss you off (towards TC), the FAA will renew my CFI certificates based upon me being a captain in a multi crew environment. There's five or so things that will renew it, outside of the normal FAA classes.
We don't have to do anything, except make an appointment with the loacal FSDO, and submit a new 8710. A new certificate is issued on the spot.
I just completed a private pilot Ground school for a junior enlisted guy. Wouldn't have been able to do that without a current certificate. Saved him a few hundred $ when he gets back to the USofA.
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Colonel
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Must be nice.
For years, I was told it was futile for me to try to renew an instructor
rating in Ontario Region, because of the hatred towards me at 4900
Yonge St and 56 Spark St.
So, I went to Manitoba to renew my instructor and aerobatic class
one instructor ratings.
And, I went to Quebec to renew my class 1 medical. Not safe to
do it in Ontario.
And, I flew up an ICAS ACE from Florida every year to renew my
SAC card, because of Arlo's nutty campaign. Arlo of course made
me get 5 hours of remedial training from a guy in BC to get my
SFOC back, after he revoked it. Funny - Federal Court later ruled
that Arlo was lying when he said the timing was purely coincidental,
and that the SFOC revocation was indeed punitive, despite Arlo
claiming otherwise.
All of this, over many years, was neither inexpensive or convenient.
It must be nice to be in the public sector, and have the luxury of
the spare time and authority to be able to indulge in such childish
and petty personal campaigns without an ounce of accountability.
For years, I was told it was futile for me to try to renew an instructor
rating in Ontario Region, because of the hatred towards me at 4900
Yonge St and 56 Spark St.
So, I went to Manitoba to renew my instructor and aerobatic class
one instructor ratings.
And, I went to Quebec to renew my class 1 medical. Not safe to
do it in Ontario.
And, I flew up an ICAS ACE from Florida every year to renew my
SAC card, because of Arlo's nutty campaign. Arlo of course made
me get 5 hours of remedial training from a guy in BC to get my
SFOC back, after he revoked it. Funny - Federal Court later ruled
that Arlo was lying when he said the timing was purely coincidental,
and that the SFOC revocation was indeed punitive, despite Arlo
claiming otherwise.
All of this, over many years, was neither inexpensive or convenient.
It must be nice to be in the public sector, and have the luxury of
the spare time and authority to be able to indulge in such childish
and petty personal campaigns without an ounce of accountability.
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Colonel
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I just want to ride my motor-sickle.
Everyone in Ontario and the National Capital Region
knows who Arlo is, and wish they didn't.
I don't expect to ever get my laptop and phone back
from him. It must give him pleasure, touching and
using my stuff every day. I think it's fucking creepy.
Oh well, I'm gone. They can pick a fight with Pete
McLeod or someone else to pass their time.
Everyone in Ontario and the National Capital Region
knows who Arlo is, and wish they didn't.
I don't expect to ever get my laptop and phone back
from him. It must give him pleasure, touching and
using my stuff every day. I think it's fucking creepy.
Oh well, I'm gone. They can pick a fight with Pete
McLeod or someone else to pass their time.
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