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The "old boys" are not interested in any transfer of skill,
I take it that means training? In that aspect ATNS and the CAA are a little different: The lowly ATC working Tower/App/Acc doesn't get asked, but gets a student assigned to him. He then sits with him looking over his shoulder while he is working trying to help him along and not make any serious mistakes. This process takes several months.
The PDIs (nice abreviation by the way) get carried through the college at Smuts and get "given" a passmark. (to a certain extent)
As you say, the government needs/wants to fill the ranks to proportions representing the country's population. Problem is as follows: Out of a possible 100 PDIs, 4-5 make it with a great deal of help. They are however not at a standard to work at the big centers and thats why you find them at Upington, Kimberly, Pietersburg, Pilansberg, Mmabatho etc etc.
As I said in a previous post " Don't know why that is so"