Its the same in the states and for the life of me I don't understand why we don't change our system so temporary licences are issued on the spot (after careful scrutiny of ID , medical, training record, etc by the aforementioned examiner)
We do it with driving licences whats the difference?
It probably ought to be done on the grounds of safety i.e. you can practice all the stuff you've just learnt in your own time not 6 weeks later