I guess as we 'lose' the pilots who grew up in gliders and then taildraggers and probably had instructors who 'knew a bit' we will encounter more and more absent 'basic' commonsense through the compressed minimal training and P2F. I fear the AF447 accident is a classic example of this loss of 'airmanship' as it used to be known.
I agree. However the world has changed and we don't have people like that and people like you from a quality over cost military training background coming through so the question is how training departments address that? Going back to the traditional paths is not going to happen.