triadic
I have to agree. I learnt to fly 22 years ago and looking back I can see that the rot with some of the schools was starting then. The only thing that saved the day then was that the DCA as it was then called did “ALL” the flight tests. No in-house flight test or freelance ATO’s. By the way while I didn't use the word “standardisation”, I did imply it in:
3. Proper and thorough ongoing training and checking.