On Saturday, 10 February 2018 15:14:30 UTC, Waveguru wrote:
I know of a winch site that sighs off pilots for solo without doing a single rope break practice, and only a hand full of dual tows. I wonder how Matt was trained?

Boggs

Matt was hugely experienced at a wide variety of sites, and will have done check flights including practice cable breaks of all types. He was a very popular visitor to where I fly, which is predominantly winch. I doubt his training was anything less than comprehensive.