I feel the need to wade in here.
I agree with EVERYTHING Chimbu has to say about this.
Watchdog.
"Do you honestly think a regulator (good or pathetic as ours is) could have influenced this unfortunate fellas decision?"
Yes!!!
All the way through my training I fought to get more experienced instructors to teach me, and now having a fair bit of experience in GA and coincidentally Cherokee 6's the standard of training has been a pet hate. I didn't realise how woefully inadequate my training was until I started flying Air Transport ops with a bare CPL and MEIFR.
The regulator has all the ability in the world to set the standards for training through the syllabus and the standards for flight examining staff.
Something has to be done about the state of aviation training.
Does anyone out there think it is an ideal situation for a 350hr instructor to be teaching a student who will then go on to be a 350hr instructor and so on....