You don't have to be really, horribly, totally lost to call D & D. Simply call them and tell them you're uncertain of your position, and they'll tell you where you are. They don't bite, or put a black mark against your name, or call you a Bad Pilot. There is no shame in it. You can do it every week if you like, or if you need to.
What WWW is objecting to - and I agree - is lying about it. A training fix means you want to practise talking to them etc, a PAN call means you're doing it for real. And I really, really cannot see any good reason to lie about something that happens to the best of us.
So will one of you who's spoken out in support of asking for a training fix, please tell me why you consider lying better than honesty in this situation.
