Qualified Flying Instructor (abbr. QFI) is a term mainly used in the UK and commonwealth Military, Army, Navy and Air Force for a person who has passed the appropriate course before being allowed to instruct in an aircraft.For helicopters, the UK term is QHI (Qualified Helicopter Instructor). In the USA and elsewhere, the equivalent term is "IP" (Instructor Pilot), however the terms are not comparable as QFIs and QHIs undergo an intensive 6-month course before qualifying, whereas IPs are selected and given only rudimentary training.
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“Let’s face it. With the singular exception of breast-feeding, there is nothing about infant care that a mother is innately better qualified to do than a father. Yet we continue to unconsciously perpetuate the myth that men just don’t have what it takes to be true partners in the process.”
—Michael K. Meyerhoff (20th century)
“He was last seen flying to New York.
He was handing out cards which read:
“He wears a question in his left eye.
He dislikes the police but will associate with them.
He will demand something not on the menu.
He is invisible to the eyes of beauty and culture....””
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“He is the mediator in that only sense in which possibly any being can mediate between God and man,—that is, an instructor of man. He teaches us how to become like God.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)