There was a recent Airbus incident that ties the theme of "pilot proof" & training together.
VH-VQT Missed approach Melbourne
From the
report
The investigation is continuing and will examine the following areas:
• flight crew endorsement training
• flight crew transition and check to line training
• aircraft operating procedures
• provision of information to flight crews
• company reporting procedures
• aircraft system operation and maintenance.
Perhaps the good Professor could cast his eye over the report & conclude that there is no correlation between the quality of training & an RPT aircraft ending up at 43' RA above the runway with the gear
up, flaps in the missed approach configuration & the aircraft in approach mode at 175 kts indicated.
Lets flip the cost & quality of training argument from one of cost of providing to training, to one of the cost of NOT providing the training (j* would have simply ceased to exist had the unthinkable occured).