Sleeve Wing - That was the case when the UK CAA gave a damn about the quality of training provided at UK schools. Unfortunately those days are long gone - schools themselves now determine if and when instructors are fit to instruct their students, the CAA no longer have any say in the matter. 'Lunatics in charge of the asylum' seems an appropriate phrase.
These days, quality has been ditched in favour of quantity. One large school in the south midlands, for example, used to select its ME instructors on the basis of their instructional ability
The latest crop were, however, selected only on their ability to make a dent in the school's 12,000 hour backlog. Rumour has it that, not surprisingly, they found the challenge of flying and teaching in a ME aeroplane, not unlike walking and chewing gum, somewhat beyond their ability.
Thankfully the architect of this novel method of selecting instructors for advancement is, it is rumoured, about to join a, soon to be long-haul, UK operator as a F/O. Talk about being promoted beyond ones ability!