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John Derby
I embarked on an ADI driving instructor course over three years ago, and the end result was a total disaster in my opinion partly due to the inaction of the AA when I expressed concerns about my readiness to do the part 3 test. My initial training was good, so I can’t fault my first trainer at the beginning. I was well on my way to passing he said. Then the pandemic hit, no fault of the AA of course but that obviously threw this he off kilter for a while. But then my trainer left the AA to pursue another career, and the new trainer seemed reluctant to provide more training, he just persuaded me that a mentor session would be adequate to pass the part 3 test (which is regarded as the most difficult part to pass). However, my main concern was that due to other work commitments, I was unable to have enough time to make having a ‘pink licence’ worthwhile. And so have very little opportunity to have real pupils. All throughout my training, it was known to my trainers that I would only be able to have a full license holder as the part 3 “pupil”. No training or advice was given on this in any shape or form. My part 3 was a distaster. The last mentor session seemed to suggest everything I was doing was fine. I put their advice into practice during my test and the examiner said I needed to do things very differently to pass. It was as if all the training was wrong. Don’t believe what the AA tell you about instructors having toprovide client centred training to the pupils. The AA didn’t make me the client when I expressed real concerns before the test. No help was given here. The bottom line is, if you don’t go for the pink license route, I would avoid this training like the plague. All their virtual classrooms and training is centred around non license holders and first time drivers. I hope this helps many in not making an expensive mistake, in financial, effort or time stent.
2 years ago
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