Radio Procedure - Runway ID

"Jose" wrote in message
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All I ask is that instructors provide documentation for their little
quirks. If the student can't find something to back up the instructor's
assertions, s/he should ask for it.

But if the student can find documentation to back up all the instructor's
assertions, then the instructor is pretty much superfluous, no?

Not at all. One key role for the instructor is to say "try doing this". You
do, and you verify by your own experience that it works reasonably well.
Then you know that it's a good technique (though not necessarily the best
possible technique). Instructors can also call your attention to errors or
lapses in your technique that aren't evident to you until they're pointed
out.

Another key role is to direct you to important things for you to look up, or
tell you about errors that have crept into your recollections of past
research (or errors in things you never researched to begin with).

--Gary