Open Discussion; Creating XC pilots

Then, as now, there were a minority of pilots who loudly declared that anyone who went XC was "crazy" - unfortunately some were instructors who made sure their students felt that way too. That got me thinking that all instructors should be required to have at least some XC experience to weed out the anti-XC types.

Bill Daniels

At when I was in the UK, an FAI Silver C was a prerequisite. I wonder if EASA has mucked that up. That is so far detached from the FAA as to be almost unthinkable.



Frank Whiteley

The FAA has been considering revising glider flight instructor experience requirements upward for a number of years but just what form that will take will have to wait for the official NPRM. I do know that XC experience as a prerequisite is at least under discussion.

I've tried to dig through the EASA pilot experience requirements to find a referencible document without any luck. I expect EASA requirements will mirror German requirements which do require XC for even a private pilot certificate.

At 23:23 19 July 2014, Bill D wrote:

Then, as now, there were a minority of pilots who loudly declared
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anyone who went XC was "crazy" - unfortunately some were instructors who
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de sure their students felt that way too. That got me thinking that all
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structors should be required to have at least some XC experience to weed
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t the anti-XC types.

Bill Daniels

At when I was in the UK, an FAI Silver C was a prerequisite. I wonder
if EASA has mucked that up. That is so far detached from the FAA as to
be
almost unthinkable.



Frank Whiteley

The FAA has been considering revising glider flight instructor experience
requirements upward for a number of years but just what form that will
take
will have to wait for the official NPRM. I do know that XC experience as
a prerequisite is at least under discussion.

I've tried to dig through the EASA pilot experience requirements to find
a
referencible document without any luck. I expect EASA requirements will
mirror German requirements which do require XC for even a private pilot
certificate.


The XC flight is not the same as an IGC Silver distance flight - you can
fly a licence qualifying 50km without getting out of gliding range of your
airfield.

The BGA Silver badge requirement for instruction is not a legal or
regulatory requirement of course, it's a BGA choice & is likely to continue
under EASA.