>>the GFA pilot training programme for more cross-country exposure during the >>ab-initio stage.
Who said that! If only that happened more during training. IMHO, that's the single most important thing for a club to do when trying to make the conversion from student pilot to addicted and committed flyer. Having done enough HG flying to know what I was up for, the endless circuit training did not kill my enthusiasm but it can. My son said at one point that he was wondering what it was all about until he got to cloud base on day… and I don't think anyone ever took him XC during training. I have tried to persuade our club to stop the clock and some point and say to students at some point, "this is not being charged for… we're going to fly somewhere for an hour to show you why we all do it." I'm sure it would make a big difference to the number of pilots who drop out after going solo. But then we don't have something like the DG which would make getting home more likely than in a Grob or K21 :-) D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
