G'day Sunfish,
Sorry, I should have been a little clearer. The point I was trying to make was that you often hear the phrase "competency based training" used as if it was some kind of revolutionary new training method. swh uses it justify "embracing" the MPL, AJ uses it in the senate inquiry to justify the cadet scheme.
But in reality, what is the difference? Under the traditional training system, you still had to be assessed as competent at various stages of the training. The way the phrase is being used on occasion might leave a person with limited knowledge flight training with the impression that under the old system you just did your 150 hrs and got handed a CPL.
When Qantas decided to change to competency based training, the only difference I noticed was that the forms they fill out at the end of a sim session changed. Everything else was business as usual.