llamaman - the first AAC guys to train on the Apache in the US came back full of horror stories about the methods of instruction; not only were checklists slavishly followed but this was done with no thought applied at all.
For example, with a practice double engine failure, the UK student could smartly enter auto, turn towards the wind and select a landing area whilst putting out a distress call but would not pass the exercise because he hadn't said the exact checklist words - even saying 'lowering the lever' was deemed incorrect, the checklist said 'adjusting the power lever' so that is what had to be uttered, regardless of what was actually done.
Sadly there were also stories of the instructors who could say the words in a demo but couldn't actually perform the actions correctly.