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Originally Posted by old worker

Those that have been instructing for years, can be “grandfathered” in, though completing Level 1 certification is recommended to become accustomed to the language, definitions, and approaches that the Motorsport Safety Foundation has created.

As an outsider to the realm of high performance driving instruction, for me this statement completely destroys the validity of the safety measures they say they're intending to implement.

A mandatory requirement that all instructors complete the training in order for an organization to be "certified" by MSF after some have period - say within five years - would carry more legitimacy.

I realize most instructors are volunteers with little compensation for their time, and the burden of completing the training to retain their instructor status is quite large. But, what problem is being solved by waving a magic wand and grandfathering all long time instructors?

If the problem is a proper baseline of instructor competency, grandfathering defeats the quality assurance of the certification program. Unless the grand plan is a generation's worth of attrition to an end state where all instructors nationwide have completed the training?

If the problem ISN'T baseline competency - then what's the point? Bureaucracy? Warm fuzzies?