I remember there were proposals to have a "zero flight time" CPL. This would basically consist of ground exams followed by Level D (?) simulator training for a specific type of transport aircraft. This would mean having a company & type specific instrument rating, sort of squeezing everything into one (Type rating, instument rating and MCC all based on one a/c type and set of company SOPs). There would be no flight training on SEP or MEP aircraft types.
If I remember rightly this proposal was floated a couple of years ago and was being backed by airlines as it would provide them with type specfic pilots "out of the box". I thought those proposals had died a quiet death though, as at the time the various unions (IFALPA and BALPA are the ones that stick in my mind) had vigorously opposed it.
More f
ing goalpost shifting
