Couldn't resist this sidenote (please pardon the thread drift).. .. .
NorthernSky says: </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Pilots are never tested on anything but their flight deck skills in manoeuvreing and managing an aircraft - . . </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Obviously NorthernSky has never attended recurrent training at my airline (or most other airlines I know of, for that matter)!