Very strange I'd say

[Clear-&aMillion]

Most things in life, the instructor has many years of experience and is teaching people who are just starting out. Isn't it funny that in aviation, the LEAST experienced people are the same people instructing others how to fly??? That seems a little back-asswards to me.

 

[aucfi]

I dont see whats wrong with it. Gotta start somewhere somehow...

 

[FN FAL]

Yes, that's what my CFI refresher clinic dude has been telling me since about 1994. Which would be about 12 years. That's more than a decade, but don't take it personal.

 

[indianboy7]

Most things in life, the instructor has many years of experience and is teaching people who are just starting out. Isn't it funny that in aviation, the LEAST experienced people are the same people instructing others how to fly??? That seems a little back-asswards to me.

Welcome to the aviation industry's version of Logic.....enjoy...

 

[JimG]

My instrument instructor many years ago was a 24 y/o kid with 400 hours TT.

When I met him, I told him...."no offense, but you were in diapers when I learned how to fly".

He didn't, and proceeded to teach me instrument flying better than any other instructor before him ever could.

I taught him more than one or two little practical tricks I'd learned from all the years of flying that I'd learned.

Best experience I'd ever had with an instructor.

 

[Fury220]

Most things in life, the instructor has many years of experience and is teaching people who are just starting out. Isn't it funny that in aviation, the LEAST experienced people are the same people instructing others how to fly??? That seems a little back-asswards to me.

Tell that to Uncle Sam...who made me a FAIP.

Starting out, I was a 2Lt with ~400hrs total time teaching Capt's and such how to fly. Formation, Composite IFR navigation, etc...the USAF is crazy.


Here, LT...take the keys to the jet, the Gov't Credit Card, and this student pilot. Go teach him how to fly XC for the weekend. We'll pick up the check.
(Hmm...that actually sounds pretty good...)

 

[Fugawe]

Tell that to Uncle Sam...who made me a FAIP.

Starting out, I was a 2Lt with ~400hrs total time teaching Capt's and such how to fly. Formation, Composite IFR navigation, etc...the USAF is crazy.


Here, LT...take the keys to the jet, the Gov't Credit Card, and this student pilot. Go teach him how to fly XC for the weekend. We'll pick up the check.
(Hmm...that actually sounds pretty good...)

C'mon Fury, if you're gonna throw the acronyms around then you gotta 'splain 'em. I was a 38 FAIP, I get it, but many may not.........and maybe they don't care.

Now, as to the thread's issue of low-time instructors, there are several reasons the industry works this way, but one old saying does seem to apply consistently. This is no slam on instructors, we've all been there (or probably will be there):
--Those that can't do, teach.
--Those that can't teach, evaluate.

Doesn't explain the industry fully, but does add some humor and a grain of truth. Reality is that most of us are looking for a job, and one of the first jobs that comes along is instructing. Hence, low-time instructors.

Fugawe

 

[100LL... Again!]

A new student can't necessarily benefit a great deal more from a highly experienced CFI. They need so much coverage of just the basics, that the deeper insights of the experienced instructor would be lost on them.

The system works just fine, provided that the new green CFIs are motivated to teach well. If the student gets stuck, have an experienced CFI fly with them a time or two.

People are either teachers or they are not. Low time or high, it is the ability to convey information effectively that matters.

Also, find me a 5000 hour pilot that is willing to be a full time CFI. True, there are a FEW, but overall after that much experience, you'd much rather be flying something a little more challenging than a Skyhawk.