centaurus writes
why make it non-assessed training?
I think people learn more when they are not being tested, you
learn during the lesson and regurgitate what you have learned during the test.
It is not just pilots that have become over reliant on automation, ATC requires us to be RVSM and BRNAV/PRNAV compliant, companies need efficient FMC routings and profiles to be flown, safety departments require that we operate with EGPWS and WXRDR displayed alongside all the other distractions, all taking their own slice out of our mental capacity and situational awareness.
Prescriptive SOPs require us to make all the right calls and selections at the right moment, with no backup procedures to follow if the wrong button is pressed or the wrong callout made.
Flying the aircraft, free from all the above distraction is clearly what we should be doing more of during the recurrent training