uninformed pursuits
There is much truth in what Centaurus has to say.
One of the difficulties as a flying supervisor is actually knowing what the boys and girls are doing when they are not aware of being scrutinised.
However, the biggest problem these days is the level of ignorance of those very things that can bite you badly. The aviation world is awash with poor training, research apathy and declining knowledge standards. Instructor courses are a joke in terms of quality and depth of training and airline training pathways are embarrassingly bad. Operators won't pay enough for decent training to be provided and the regulator doesn't demand it. It is a vicious cycle, because the unknowing will set the future standards for the uninterested.
I think it is time to get a bit old fashioned about some of this stuff and to demand real knowledge and real skill from our trainers - which means we have to do some work providing the information and the propoer training.
Stay Alive,