Boko for the check a full brief was given the day before although particular individual exercises of course were not nominated. First session for each was to be a basic IFR exercise Surabaya to Bali with the group told to expect non-normals (remaining on 2 engines throughout), followed by a straightforward engine-out or engine-fire exercise Bali to Surabaya. We asked them to follow their own Company procedures, and all sessions to be flown FD and AP off. I think it was fair we gave them sectors from their own backyard and not somewhere exoticaly new or complicated (future line-training would take care of that). All enroute and let-down charts were given. All this was provided and all questions answered the day before the exercise. As with any initial check anywhere, it was to find out if an pilot can fly a 737 safely and acurately or not. Nobody was after aces.
Your mention of the 3 American 73 drivers basicaly backs up my previous statement about sample error. Those 3 you mentioned cannot be taken as being indicative of all USA pilots can they?