RJA #9b: Argument

Research Question:

Is it better for pilots to train in glider aircraft prior to single engine aircraft?

Thesis/claim:

Pilots should begin their training in glider aircraft before they receive training in single engine aircraft because they will become safer, better-trained and more knowledgeable pilots with prior glider training.

Reasons:

-Gliders force pilots to be more knowledgeable about meteorology.

-Glider pilots have much more training flying with out an engine and landing safely without an engine.

-The glider training forces a pilot to think more about aerodynamics and the atmosphere compared to training in powered aircraft.

-When training in gliders, you learn essential stick and rudder skills needed for flying and those skills are harder to achieve in most single engine training aircraft.

Objections/counter-arguments:

-Engine failures occur very rarely and the majority of pilots never experience an engine failure, therefore you do not need training in gliding.

-Pilots of single engine aircraft do not need to know about many meteorological phenomenon's such as thermals and mountain wave.

-Pilots of single engine aircraft do not need the training in stick and rudder skills since now days it is rare to find modern civil aircraft with stick and rudder controls.