I don' guess you two would consider non-standard cockpits to be a Management issue or concern?
Would you consider having one guy fulfill the Base Manager, Base Training Captain, and Base Safety Officer tasks as being good thinking by Management as well?
Do you reckon the Corporate Check Pilot arriving on site then watching the Duty Crew launch in the Spare Aircraft after doing a Bag Swap from the Duty Aircraft...into IMC Conditions in a mountainous area in an aircraft they were not familiar with (and having significantly different equipment) not a Management Concern?
Would you consider the Corporate Mantra of anytime, anywhere, any weather (contingent to FAA OpSpecs minima)....but ignoring the actual practice of most of their IFR crews avoiding flying in actual IMC whenever possible a Management issue?
If you disagree with the notion Management (at all levels/functions) does not play a role in the environment Flight Crews find themselves operating in....then just say so. But....you are already aware most others disagree with that view.
You certainly are free to disagree.....but at least offer up some corroboration of your own views.
Answer some of your own questions.....why did they parallel the course and not track the course? What would explain that?
I presented an explanation for the lack of DME information....did you not read that? If they did not use the DME "Hold" function they would not have had any DME readout to see.....if you recall how that system works in a Sperry Cockpit.
If they did not use that function.....why not? Did they train that way? Did they not understand how that function worked....did they not understand how that particular piece of equipment worked on the Spare Aircraft?
Did the Check Pilot do an Orientation Briefing on the Spare Aircraft before the Crew launched in it?
You have a lot of questions you could be asking or is it you just want to disagreeable?