i beg to differ. emphasis is not on classic decision making. you are
simply expected to reproduce a prerecorded recipe hidden in the jungle
of ek's electronic library. any other decision, based on as you say
generic knowledge or analysis of the actual situation and common sense,
is hardly accepted. the eternal excuse of high need of standardization due
to the multicultural structure and ek's extensive network just cover up the
@..-covering behaviour of ek training and trainers in this blaming culture.
other carriers, young and established ones, have the same structure and have
long adopted the more modern way of instructing. the outcome is a higher
rate of successful transitions and upgradings with less training, thus less
cost. a experienced skipper once used the metaphor of the see-saw. if it's
down on one side it needs a lot of weight to bring it down on the other side.
who wants to be the weight to bring ek training to the better side? considering
the heavyweights keeping it down of the other side it looks like suicide.