Crab
I 100% accept your assertion but please, can you answer the questions I posed at the start of this thread. If we can show by the posts received that the systems in use are dysfunctional then we can justify digging deeper.
Are the rules enough?
Are the rules actually being applied in the way they were intended?
Do you see signs of a dysfunctional system?
Are the instructors/examiners up to the task?
These are the issues I want to put on the table.
I sit at a minor crossroad in the helicopter industry and what I see maybe a symptom of what is going on elsewhere as significant number of my students give cause for concern.
That said I believe the vast majority that are below par would achieve much more if they received remedial training from instructors that themselves had received a proper training. We can't afford to throw away any experienced pilot that has the capacity to do better.
I may get on to Instructor training on a future thread.
G.