Mmm.
I was a product of the old system and it worked fine.
I was also at MW when the new system started, at shop floor level we were expecting a fantastic product from Shawbury, it did'nt work out like that!
The ground school standard was far better than when I went through, some of the flying skills were better but the vast majority was the same or worse, RT in particular was appalling considering they had done 6 months or so at Barkston Heath and 6 months at Shawbury.
A lot of students who should have been chopped at Shawbury were sent on to MW, and were eventually chopped there.
Crab, you talk sh$te at times.