De-skilling can only be a bean counters idea of good sense.
No more 6 weekers out at airports getting an idea of what happens before they get immersed in the area world.
I did 3 ratings when I went through the college , the procedural approach rating sorted the wheat from the chaff. I wish I had been there just a couple of years before when all 5 ratings were done, that way we would have the real mobility they keep telling us they are aiming for within NATS.
A retrograde step IMHO, how long before they see the error of their ways.