so by inference, a decade or so in the company does not bring you up to the mark, it is the 40 sectors of C+T that does it and nothing else. Interesting.
"Otherwise, you actually might have learnt something?"
The command course is not about learning, it is about polish. - Agree/Disagree?
Do you seriously think guys (and soon to be gals) spend 8,9,10 years in the company not busting their balls to climb the peak? Spend months studying for PCA's, weeks sweating before RT/PC's and line checks? Seriously, do you think they go into it with the wrong attitude, inadequate preparation, poor skill set?
"If "play the game" means turning up willing to learn to fly their aircraft their way, what is wrong with that? " - Nothing wrong with that, just as long as "their way" is bounded only by SOP, not personal preference.
"Do you honestly think that people are being failed for absolutely no reason, or because they said "checked" and not "check"? Honestly?" - No