Axioms of pilot training
1. Its a big wheel and it keeps on turning.
2. Change gives the illusion of progress.
3. When all else fails lower your standards.
4. The only acceptable word that may be screamed in the cockpit is 'FLARE!'
I find it difficult to believe that the RAAF still has no simulator training on pilots course. Would save a heap and improve quality without messing around with different syllabi every 5 mins. (not to mention be infinitely safer than flicking black and yellow levers in flight) I think in the decade I was around the QFI world there were at least 13 changes to the 'curriculum', not one of which could be pinpointed as the 'change made the difference'.