CBT
Think about how many AME's are really trained as 'traditional' apprentices now days. 800 people graduated from the RAAF tech school last year all under CBT, add that to Aviation Australia, QIAE, BAE, Boeing and other private companies using training packages supplied but places such as RMIT and you will find no more than 15% of AME's now days complete a 'traditional' apprenticeship. Even GA companies are looking for graduates from trade schools.
How can learning a solid theory base prior to getting licensed be worse than some clown getting licensed who has never actually completed any prior training but passed the CASA basics and got some dodgy entries in their SOE out the back of nowhere which was possible under CAR 31.
The new system takes longer to get licensed as it is suppose to. It will produce quality 21st century engineers.
To the folk who think that the now skills log is a bad idea. Grab one of your trainees logs and read the first 5 pages. It will explain everything clearly. If that fails meet up with an Australian aerospace assessor and they will be able to explain it clearly.
What this new Skills log ensures is competency in every task before getting licensed. Hence why there is a requirement to carry out tasks a certain about of times before the AAA is able to assess as competent.