I doubt Microfilter or anyone else for that matter has to be 'unshaved' in order to praise the FAA. Perhaps what he's trying to say indirectly is that OAT is not the datum and nor should it's input into aviation be nullifed. OAT and every other FTO has a vital contribution and sharing of experiences in terms of training BUT it doesn't have the exclusive interpretation it thinks it has. This untouchable attitude is what lies at the heart of many of OAT's problem, therefore most of which are self made and imposed on themselves.
But OAT like all companies in the world must bow before the most fundamental building block of commerce ... Cost. In doing so OAT realise that they can save a bundle if they 'outsource' their training overseas while the stduent saves some the lion's share of savings benefits OAT. The syllabus maybe JAA but quite frankly how can you insulate against the so called dreadful standards of the FAA, they'll talk to their controllers, mix in the same airspace as all those Americans, etc, etc..... If a young boy followed a private school's syllabus but attended a city academy the outcome would be diluted to say the least. You can't cover it up and state that the syllabus is JAA, then where is the support structure to help guide and at times dictate that mode of learning. It appears to be a marketed image of hours building in the States. Also what's so special about hours building the JAA way, if it were that vital to aviation learning it would be part of the licences or ratings syllabi. Experience is what it's all about and that's something that's vital in all walks of life. Maybe OAT students are so far removed from the exposure of practical flying that the day they make a genuine mistake they'll be little or no instinct to get them out of the mess. Whereas experience (the art of getting it wrong and learning how not to repeat it again) is what they desperately need to learn.
Silly world of OAT (it doesn't have to be that way but for some reason they are obsessed with being the centre of the univerise, though they don't realise their univerise barely extends past Oxford High Street).