[quote] But, certainly, night off-airport op's are next level stuff. I'd be interested to know if anyone here ever received formal training in that outside of the military or public safety/HEMS.[\quote]
Would you really feel comfortable doing off airport night landing training with a cfi who's just a wet behind the ears kid who's only real world experience is the occasional photo flight, and who's only night experience is maybe ten more hours of sitting as a pax while his students do their ten trips around the pattern and one short xc to another (lighted and paved) airport?