I'm pleased to hear that this scenario is not commonplace. Nevertheless, it does exist. As such, it should be addressed, I think.
HFD, a forthright expression of your views would lead to a forthright statement that your services are "no longer required" at this very large school.
FFF, I think that the bulk of bad piloting does not lead to crashes; as the bulk of bad driving does not lead to road accidents.
What I am claiming is that some students are passing their skill tests despite not having met the required standards....owing to the examiners feeling pressurised. A similar situation exists wrt the IMC. I can state to you that this is fact, but to reveal details would cut my own throat.
A change to the more bureaucratic system would effectively eliminate the possibilites for abuse, why else would JAA land have such a system...why do we have CAAFU?
Perhaps the question to be asked is not "do these abuses actually happen?", but "is it possible for them to happen?".
I would contend that, if it possible for a system to be exploited, someone will do so. Our procedures should be designed to prevent such exploitation. Cost issues should not stand in the way of proper behaviour. It is commercial pressures which have led to the situation that I describe, so a logical extension of the cost argument would be to further undermine standards in pursuit of yet cheaper flying.
BTW, HFD, it's no myth. These guys exist.