Genghis & VP959
My gliding club has made it compulsory for everyone in the club (including instructors) to take a checkride with an instructor, before flying solo at the beginning of the season. Awareness of the traffic is one of the points evaluated.
Moreover, cross-country pilots need to make three solo landings on the airfield before leaving the local area.
I heard that in some French motor clubs, the new PPL regulations about compulsory checkrides is resented by some, and I'm a bit confused.
Safety goes first. A big ego will be useless on the rim of a big hole in the ground.