David Boulter wrote:
Being a person who has lived quite a long time in USA, Americans do not
value training that they dont pay for, they believe it is lesser quality.
That is why most of their training operations are professional.
Another point about gliding in the US:
Almost nobody learns to fly in gliders.
The typical pathway for a glider pilot in the US is to take an air
experience flight at a commercial flight school in a light aircraft
and gain a PPL. After several years of that someone might point out
the fact that you don't actually require an engine, and if that piques
your interest you might investigate gliding. Your training in gliders
is essentially a type-conversion with a heavy emphasis on forced landings,
heavily biased towards people who already know how to fly and have
significant experience.
The US system is so profoundly different from the Australian system
that I don't think comparisons are particularly useful.
- mark
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