I don't have a problem with the JAA examination system, except for the fact that from what you read in some of the threads that it does little to nothing in educating pilots.
The lack of basic knowledge in aerodynamics and performance that is shown by european pilots, especially the English, after they have sat all of these examinations makes you wonder why they have them in the first place.
If the end result of this tiresome JAA system was a group of walking talking helicopter encyclopaedia pilots we could turn to for the good oil on helicopter operations we could all bow to the system but when you have the embarrassment of techincal questions posed on some threads by european (read English) instructors you can only cringe in disbelief and wonder how they ever achieved the qualification.
Autosync is obviously winding us up.
