Differences in Italian vs US soaring instruction?

Stefan "stefan"@mus. INVALID .ch wrote
Agreed. But why not sit down with him and discuss the procedures?

We did, at length. And I was able to identify a number of areas where
his training was different, and in some cases not as extensive as in
the US. Of course we went over those areas (including, surprisingly,
some flight maneuvers) until he was up to us comm/CFI standards.

But this is my very first time training a CFI candidate OR a foreign
transition pilot, in any category/class. Call it paranoia if you
will, but in so far as it is humanly possible, I wanted to be sure
there were no fine points that I left out.

As I
interpret your posts, in the USA, you have fairly strict procedures
written on paper.

We have the Practical Test Standards and the Soaring Flight Manual.
Due to the nature of our training, ALL US-trained pilots are familiar
with both. The former describes the checkride maneuvers and
performance standards; the latter normal operating practices. Thus we
all have the same signals, we all turn the same direction on release,
etc...

so I really think your best
choice would be to spend an hour and dicuss the procedures.

We have spent significantly more than an hour. Had we uncovered only
two or three differences, I would be less concerned. But we uncovered
many, which makes me concerned that maybe we missed something.

Michael