Krusty
Thanks for taking the time - your thinking is exactly the same as mine regarding the wealth of overall training provided by the "legacy" carriers Vs the "just tick the box" attitude by the management (not necessarily the Flight Department) of the likes of
VB and Pornstar.
VB lucked by grabbing a whole group of "legacy" trained F/O's who rapidly (and successfully) did upgrades, Pornstar is heavily dominated by a Flight Ops from the same "legacy" background (for better or worse, not getting in to THAT slinging match
.)
It will be interesting to see how things progress in the future as the benefits of "legacy" carriers is diminished through natural attrition and the "just tick the box" attitude of modern day LCC management becomes dominant.
Personally I cannot see it in anyway being a step forward in safety and standards - however have been known to be wrong once or twice in the past, maybe wrong now! (but I don't think so.)