The thing about ASL, is that they are just about making money. They have no interest in correctness, suitability or relevance. All that stuff is driven by the CAA, who write the syllabus. ASL just take your money and mark the paper. Of course, they have to support an entire company, complete with plush offices, and the only income they have is your exam fee.
It was a lot fairer back in the days of MoT-CAD.
As far as I am concerned, if the CAA want me to sit meaningless exams in order to satisfy their legislation, they should pay for them.
The NZ CAA, and all the leech-like companies hanging off it's coat-tails, are a joke. They are probably the worst enemy of pilots in NZ. They get sued, they lose, it costs them hundreds of thousands of dollars, but they never learn.
And as for safety culture... don't get me started...
