Clare Prop,
"The instructor rating needs to be completely overhauled and all in-house testing needs to be abolished. Then we might see some improvement in standards."
funny you say that..the CAA in NZ has just come out and said the same thing at a seminar. More along the lines of entry into the courses and examination against a students own training history, both flight and written tests.
Do you think it is the introduction of so much technology into the cockpit, albeit rather cheaply, that has contributed to the dropping of standards?