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... and as judging by the tone of his posts, the kind of guy that got picked upon at school a lot....
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ad hominem
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Well you are right... he doesn't need anyone else picking on him...
I don't argue the fact that an experienced teacher is invaluable. I myself got trained by the "Yoda" of Scuba Diving. I agree at some length on that point.
But for someone that works at DCA he hits off the mark so many times... I actually had an individual like that working for me once. Everything was always wrong, everyone was full of B.S., the world stinks, the job stinks and etcetera.... He will make for a "wonderful company" on a 4 day trip for some poor captain someday...
And as far as training goes... I also had to deal with students that got their ratings on the "outside" and I have seen a good sample of screw-ups. From instrument certified pilots that could not fly in IMC ( I'm talking basic straight and level flight here) to CFI's that could not explain in simple terms why an airplane flies.
But the comment that I find most interesting... I have been asking my friends that are finishing their initial training at the regionals... some of them tell me, and now savour this as it won't last long : - " I spent too much money at DCA and did too much work! My SIM partner went to "Ben and Jerry's" and spent half of what I did on his FBO!".
Then, and as I said it would not last long, I asked my old Instructors at the Academy that have been flying for the Regionals for over an year ( some of them upgrading to Captain on ERJs) and they tell me: - " I am glad I spent that money on DCA... I cannot tell you how many times I saved my certificates when I prevented the non-academy trained Captain from doing something dumb!" And for those that complained about NDB apporaches...One of those guys actually had to fly an NDB on the CRJ since the Captain did not know how...and other funny stories too numerous to post here.
Have fun, and I don't mind when you pick on me...
