And the saddest thing I see is that all the wisdom we (of decrepit age) had beaten into our stupid skulls by not so PC training captains using all manner of rolled up newspapers across the back of the head, etc., to get the message across ... appears to have gone out the window in the current Industry marketplace.
For instance I recall, as a VERY new airline F/O (with not much prior background) having a training captain thrust into my hand his copy of Fate is the Hunter with the admonition that I was to read it prior to the next flight the following day. After reading the book (and, in particular, the match in the face anecdote) I still can recall quite clearly thinking to myself .. no-one had previously told me that THIS is what flying and command is about.
Spoon feeding is for high school kids. Pilots need to be a bit independent and exhibit a bit of initiative.