'Draconian training methods'. Mmm, I have seen a lot of product from the touchy feely US style of training academy and we seem here to be talking about black and white. There is no place at CX for 'draconian' anything, and in my experience it is not there. We have, also maybe foolishly, followed the US lead with their aircrew qualification programme. This works well in theory but in real life does leave a bit to be desired, IMHO. It's all well and good to talk about a 'training programme' based on the results of monitoring systems throughout the company, but it never seems to translate into improved performance either in the sim or the aircraft. Some flying demands are much harder than others, loss of all hydraulics, two or even three engines inoperative, loss of essential power, maximum crosswind in minimum visibility, cockpit fire/smoke requiring high speed return with smoke masks and O2 masks on etc etc. Whilst one would hope that the average pilot will never see any of these things in real life, but nonetheless wouldn't it be nice if we practiced these things in a non threat environment - like we used to at CX before jumping on the 'enlightened' US training bandwagon.
Stereolab, fear and intimidation are alive and well in most airlines around the world even in your country.