About Acellerated Courses for Private

"Shirley" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote:

I believe the real issue with accelerated
training isn't the pass/fail ratio itself, but
that a comprehension gap exists at the point
of testing (call it cram factor).
[snip]
It's this "gap" in comprehension that is the
entire crux of the accelerated issue as I've
presented it here.

How many pilots fly once- or twice-a-month after being licensed at one
of those
accelerated courses? If they were too busy for traditional training,
how much
time do they have to fly? How many fill in that "comprehension gap"
you
describe? and how much of that rote knowledge that they crammed in 10
days do
they retain if they're only flying even 3x/month?

Rote answers don't, or shouldn't, get you through the test, unless the
oral
exam is proportionate to the 10-day accelerated course--15 minutes
long. A
competent, conscientious examiner digs on rote answers to determine
the
comprehension level behind them. Even with traditional training, it's
difficult
to remember all the answers and explanations for every area and have
full
comprehension of them, let alone being able to do so *WHILE* learning
to fly,
putting those rote-learned procedures into actual practice, and
filling all the
flight requirements **in 10 days**! Possible? apparently. Would you
recommend
it to one of your family members? I wouldn't.

If you're getting from what I've been saying all through this thread
that I favor accelerated flight training, then I've truly found that
"comprehension gap" we've been discussing :-)
I absolutely do NOT favor accelerated training.

Your following comment,
" A competent, conscientious examiner digs on rote answers to determine
the comprehension level behind them." is inconsistent with my
experience, and in fact is antithesis to the DE's legal requirement to
pass or fail on a minimum standard demonstrated by the examinee.
This being said, there most surely are DE's out here who do as you
suggest, but they are in no way required to do this and in doing so, do
so to satisfy no current FAA requirement for certification.
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
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