“The standards have remained the same for the last 50 or 60 years and seem to have served the airline well. As they say from time to time, "it's our train set and we'll run it any way we feel like”.
And here in lies the biggest problem with HKG. No need to change, it already works well, progress isn’t important, change is to be avoided. Maybe we should stick to using gramaphones and driving model T Fords too.
Surely the aim of the training system is to pass all candidates safely and until then, there is room for improvement.