In article , David Brooks wrote:
I've been to a few, and collected one certificate, but I have this basic
question.

It's promoted for safety. People who participate in the wings program
are (on average) safer. IMHO, it's an inversion of cause and effect.
There are people who have a higher-than-average interest in safety.
People who participate in the wings program are selected from that
pool. IMHO, most r.a.* participants/lurkers are probably in the pool
too, whether they participate in Wings or not.


If you're appealing to someone who wants the BFR made easier, that's
backwards. If you're appealing to people who would attend the seminar
anyway, the BFR thing is unimportant.

Maybe it's the assumption you don't need one.


Perhaps I'm missing this: you can have an instructor say "yeah, we've done
the 3 hours dual in the same time frame" if you're currently working on a
certificate - it doesn't have to be a separate ride. Yes?

Correct. And I've done that. It also falls out of a random rental
checkout and some instrument currency you're going to do anyay.


Morris (btw, anyone have any comments on the "new" wings program?)