Is it not time for a truly layered approach to navigational training? There is no sense of well-defined modules in PPL training. This seems to go as well for VFR and IFR learning.
And no regular "evergreening" of the syllabii. This happens at the operational end of the business, in all its forms, but in terms of basic flying training up to the acquisition of the IR no-one seems To Be Watching. And in Europe at least, this after two new pan-continent organisations having supposedly reviewed the training requirements in the last decade or so.
For an industry that vaunts itself as a model in safety-driven culture, it really is amazing that it can't implement some kind of strategic best practice (followed by decent project management) over this crucial aspect of its reason for being.
European GA at least will increasingly diverge between the very select group of PPL-IR's and the rest of us who will have to migrate to VFR-only 3-axis ULM's (or lighter) over the long run. Nothing wrong with that, you might say, but it seems like a less diverse pilot ecosystem to me. And crucially, less IMC-capable pilots, since the EIR looks nothing but a route to some very scary incidents in the next few years.
Let's just hope the IMCR and/or the French equivalent get to survive for those who can afford it and get hold of the right plane.