Originally Posted by waco
BEA & BOAC for many years employed hamble cadets with very low hours on aircraft that were considerably more labour intensive and arguably harder to operate aircraft without too many problems (excepting PI perhaps?) for many years.
The difference being that the standards were very high and only the very able were selected. Today's average CTC non-tagged student is on the course due to ability to pay rather than aptitude. I suspect that this creates a scenario where the finished product is more often - not always - of a poorer standard than would have been the case under the days-gone-by Hamble system.