Totally agreed with all the comments.It goes to the point of being a little unrealistic and there are people going about to train for the base check during their normal flights eventually and the multimillion dollars piece of automation is pushed aside.
Another point that I am not too happy with is the lack of CRM being practised during a base check. For example if in Instrument departure procedure you are supposed to turn at 5 DME after passing 3000 ft and the candidate turns at maybe 4 DME after passing 3000 ft the other pilot ( The examiner) does nothing and notes it as a point for debrief. Isnt the competent co pilot supposed to be monitoring the flight profile? If it is single pilot IFR then it is fine but we are practising Multi Crew operation.
