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It will “never” happen.

Look at PPL training. Except for trivia (e.g. an acknowledgement that notams come via the internet, not a fax on a callback number) it has not changed since WW2 and mostly not since WW1. The WW1 navigation is still taught.

IFR training has not changed in decades. Loads of FTO and CAA jobs depend on the present system and there will be resistance to change until the next generation.

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Peter wrote:

IFR training has not changed in decades. Loads of FTO and CAA jobs depend on the present system and there will be resistance to change until the next generation.

As someone who has taken IFR training twice (once in 1987 and then again in 2014) I can tell you that things have indeed “changed in decades”. Well, maybe not in the UK. ;-)

ESKC (Uppsala/Sundbro), Sweden

Personally, in the UK, between initial IR in 1971, and renewal in 2010, I found the examiners from different planets.

The initial IR was an extremely formal exercise (anyone else experienced Chopper Harris? A legend in his own time) and the renewal, besides the formal test, was combined with some very practical discussion/instruction – almost an advanced seminar.

Last Edited by 2greens1red at 21 May 13:28
Swanborough Farm (UK), Shoreham EGKA, Soysambu (Kenya), Kenya

Peter wrote:

Look at PPL training. Except for trivia (e.g. an acknowledgement that notams come via the internet, not a fax on a callback number) it has not changed since WW2 and mostly not since WW1. The WW1 navigation is still taught.

But, you could argue it doesn’t need to change. For instance, a moving map app, there is nothing to learn except the app itself. The app changes from vendor to vendor and over time, and it is not difficult in the first place. On the other hand, one can argue that the only reason printed maps are made is because of PPL training, and that will of course make the whole thing nothing but an academic, and utterly outdated, exercise.

The elephant is the circulation
ENVA ENOP ENMO, Norway
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