There's FAR TOO MUCH people-tube bolleaux creeping into spamcan flying training these days....
Never a truer word. But why has that happened?
Even when I was a PPL stude back in the '70s there was an element of 'the radio is a primary flight control' creeping in and PPLs being taught to communicate before they aviate.
My perception is that things have got a lot worse since the 'old generation' of ex-mil instructors (many ex-WW2 or even earlier) have dropped off the perch to be replaced by aerial-Routemaster-driver wannabees (a generalisation, obviously). The concept among PPLs of being 'The Pilot In Command' seems to have receded, mirroring the trend of people-tube drivers being ruled by managers and accountants in their airlines.