Fuji
I agree with you. I think it is semantics.
If you asked whether a PPL graduating from the present system should be confident about flying to say Biarritz the answer is a definite NO.
If you asked whether a PPL graduating from a modern training system which I'd like to see should be confident about flying to say Biarritz the answer is a definite YES.
BRL
I don't see the point in splitting up the thread because (as many here will agree) the busts are closely related to the wider picture of pilot training. Pilots are simply not (on the whole) being trained to check notams.
If one takes the view that ignorance is no excuse (which is valid, too) then there is never anything to discuss and nothing will never improve! The CAA may as well publish notams in a thick printed book, once a week, for £100. Perfectly reasonable - ignorance of the law is no excuse.