Which is why certification should be indexed to the minimum acceptable pilot performance for licencing.
I agree. The best way of achieving that IMO is to return training standards to where they were before we started degrading the system with constant cuts to sim time and classroom time. It’s a rare occasion now days where a group of pilots receive high quality classroom training on topics such as UPRT, high altitude flight, runway performance, systems knowledge, meteorology etc etc.
in addition, where I am from, the sim time for type ratings and upgrades has been reduced over the last two decades and normal sim details have many more systems to cover in the same allocated time (PBN, OPT’s, etc)..
It is tempting for Airline Executives to make incremental savings year on year to training budgets but if none of them can fly, they can’t be expected to understand the cumulative effect in a trade they don’t understand.
Edited to say “Tomaski has it”