Horrors abound.....you mean there is any other route to being a FI/AHI/QHI/TRE/IRE than via CFS in the UK? Aw now...tell me it ain't so!
The Coloured Pencil Mafia and the Gregorian Chants of "Quick Stop, Quickstop....Go!" have been an impediment to progress in the UK as there is more than a single way of doing things.
Add in the knuckleheaded attitude of most large Operators that convinces them they each have the unique way to salvation and one begins to understand why the helicopter industry suffers from poor training.
Compound that with the inability of most management to allow independent third party evaluations of their operations in general and their training departments in particular....and there is little hope of real improvement.