Hi again Andy_P ::
A keyboard on the internet is often a piss poor means of communication as we do not have the one on one body language as part of the communication interaction.
So..... let me have another go at this.
What I was trying to say, is that now we have the tools and techniques to make flight training so much safer, and we would be nuts to move away from this.
Andy if you go back to my opening post in this thread I was only trying to find out why a school would sell a Super Cub, rather than use it as a basic trainer......the Super Cub is a very basic trainer and in no way is it complex nor difficult to fly...period.
It does however teach good hands and feet co-ordination during take off and landing compared to say a Cessna 150 /172.
No doubt, there was some people teaching flying in your day that should not have been there?
Yes, of course there was, however the industry was far smaller in those days and they were usually weeded out by their employers.