my tuppence worth....
If you're learning and being instructed within a regimented syllabus, how much variation exists in that environment ??
So therefore how much 'additional' experience can be passed on within that regimented environment.
Surely someone who's done a 1000 circuits is adequate to pass on 'that' experience...
Isn't the problem the mentoring and support available to a new pilot once he's got his licence/s in that new role ?