On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 8:26:04 AM UTC-4, RR wrote:
I agree that all instructors do not need to be XC qualified.

But I'd suggest that all instructors should be able and ready to:

1)land out close to the airport (it happens) and

2)have the skills to climb in a weak and ragged thermal.


The two most useful comments that I gotten from XC pilots (well after I earned my PPL-Glider):

1)You suck at thermal centering. You need to get into the core.

2)You need to bank steeper and fly slower.