I agree in principle, but - I feel that more could be done to prepare you for flying with the airlines, eg HP+L, why not include more Multi crew, this would after all standardise the training more.
The exam its self was comman sence, and yet, the organic bit behind the stick STILL causes more accidance than anything else! this has been fact for some 20 years - so why haven't JAR (caa etc) managed to change this if they believe the only way to do it is through training (ie exams), this takes me right back to my first question what do they do with all this money!!!
I am not argueing that exams are a waste of time, but that JAR do not do enough to make them most effective.