Tony, not so much the standard of the flying training I take issue with it the standard of the ground side. Way to much gets missed. A large problem being low hours instructors who go from CPL 'hour building' to the Instructor course to using PPL students as an hour building ride. They don't have time to learn the reality of the real world and have nothing to pass onto students with respect to real flight planning, regulations even simple stuff like NOTAM checking.
The number of pilots who get airborne without checking NOTAM still takes me breath away. This is something that should be drilled in by Instructors.
Wet windy day, we can't go flying lets have a look at NOTAM or review LASORS or how to access internet resources...............