swh,
I understand that people get their currency back in the sim. That's necessary. There's no other way and it's industry standard.
However, the aircraft/instrument rating is entirely different as it is essentially a "peer review". No disrespect, but these people are not our "peers". Two points;
1. How can they assess us when they no longer do our job?
2. Unlike the currency issue, there is an alternative and that is only use checkers that are current.... Like other airlines do (and like we used to).
unitedabx,
I think we all get it. However, a few us want to treat others as we wish to be treated. I make mistakes and I would hope that genuine mistakes would be treated as "learning points" rather than "termination points". Isn't that the philosphy which made aviation as safe as it is today?