Get some time in, hmm?
My isssue is that at the same time as we can't get enough people in through the door, we are raising the goal posts for no good reason. We are perfectly happy with the standard or people we currently have, so why change the system which brought us in. And don't tell me that todays modern a/c require it because its b@llocks. The playstation generation naturally have a head start with anything geeky already.
Another problem is that aviation experience and authority can often be mutually exclusive due to the nature of RN promotion.
Anyway, stick it up your @rse!