microbrewst said:Learn what, exactly?
I was lucky enough to get a tour of the Chicago TRACON about 6 months ago. Very impressive. I asked the controller who was showing us around, "who do you think the best pilots are from your experience?" Without hesitating his response was, "those Starcheck (Airnet) guys." The controller that we were observing turned around and and agreed, "yeah, i wish everyone made my life as easy as those guys do..." So you tell me, who is a better judge of piloting skills than the controllers whom deal with all of us? And keep in mind, Airnet pilots are able to impress those controllers without all those fancy gadgets which you love so much.
That is impressive.