Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skyscraper News

The aviation industry is slow to embrace ANYTHING, especially in the certified world. For the most part, that is a good thing. It can be frustrating to pioneers of the industry or for new markets such as LSA, but it ensures stability. The consumer electronics industry can change directions in months.It takes the automotive industry years to achieve an equivilent change. The aviation industry would take decades. Each of these industries has failures proportional to the speed in which they react to changes. Anyone still using HD-DVD? It is only a few year old and already in the boneyard of consumer electronics. We really do not want the LSA industry to head down the same path as VLJ industry.

 

Slow is good. Sport pilot and LSA will be generally accepted within a decade.

 

Ed Garcia

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From: Michael Huckle <m230683@hotmail.com>
To: Sport Aircraft <sport_aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, December 20, 2009 9:04:25 AM
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skyscraper News

 

 
 
> > Also, what stopped the army of existing regular CFI's from having
> > anything to do with Sub K instruction? Weren't they qualified before
> > King made his tapes?
> > Gary Orpe
 
> Posted by: "Helen Woods" Helen_Woods@ verizon.net hwoods4421
> No. The change in the subpart K interpretation came about when Larry
> Climer stepped down as head of 610 more than 2 years ago and had
> nothing to do with the Kings. Most people were just ignorant of the change.
>
> I'd also contend the idea that "the army of existing regular CFI's" is
> refusing "to do with Sub K instruction. "
 
Well... that's not really open to argument Helen.
We know, and have known for 4 years that the H Instructors in the majority
have been very slow to embrace Sport Pilot.
Your showing a few exceptions to the rule doesn't change anything.
Gary was absolutely correct.
 
Regards,
Mike
 
> NAFI has actually redone their
> entire Master Flight Instructor program to make it very light sport
> instruction friendly, and Rod Machado, who I personally think is one of
> the greatest subpart H instructors out there, is all over the blogs and
> columns promoting light sport instruction. Sure, there's a certain
> group of snobs out there that have stuck their nose up at it, but they
> are small. I think most of the subpart H community just hasn't had
> access to opportunities to teach at the light sport level. Adding to
> that, from what I've seen, most of the FIRCs that keep the non-time
> builder subpart H instructors current, barely touch on light sport, so
> most subpart H instructors don't have an opportunity to even learn about
> it second hand.
> Helen

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