I know (some) pilots from South America won't have a job if they come home without a ProCard. Insurance premiums are reduced if they have them. When you sit for recurrent they ask numerous times for the instructor not to forget the ProCard, and that's before going to the sim. I must repeat, not all, only some of the pilots. Our training dept just shrug and file them. Some centres give them away...but the instructors usually know your background, so if you have one and you're JAR etc, then I guess you're pretty good!!