27/09, very interesting. i heard from someone at the Flying NZ conference recently that they are doing away with the 141 requirement. Ironically, it is the individual instructors providing quality and experience to their flight training that would lose out and have to try and find a 141 organisation to operate under - imagine that, a 10,000 hr ex military/airline pilot being supervised by a 1000hr B Cat with 950 of those hours in a cherokee, oh crikey don't forget the 25 hrs on twins, it is just ridiculous.
I have received the best instruction from guys not connected to 141, D cats etc. Brilliant brilliant teachers (one was ex US Navy and another ex US Marine) and an experienced GA instructor with 3000+ including 1000hr on De Haviland types. Great learning experiences.