what your saying has a very valid point but the problem is unless we as falconers choose the mentor for them the newbie will have to use common sense and try to find some one that has a good amount of experiance with the harder birds ie spar or gos. im not saying that some one that has only flown a harris cant be a mentor but common sense should be able to tell you if they would be a good person to learn from look at the anklets ,jesses general equiptment if its in good condition the bird looks healthy and is doing what you would expect then surely that would be a step closer to where youd