yes, I agree. The only benefit to all of this (for the aircrew that is) is an immediate result. The benefits are for ASL and CASA of course because they are the ones that really matter!
There was a yarn going around recently, that a candidate was contacted 3 hours prior to an ASL exam informing him/her that ASL was unable to provide the exam. It has to be disheartening to do all of the study then get told 'sorry, try again next week'.
Mind you, I would hate to see the old system re-intoduced, lets hope that the regulator and the contractor can keep moving forward and improve the way examinations are provided.