You miss the point Tcas, the experience of the engineer is irrelevant, there is not one type course for an experienced guy and another for a newbie, the ATR course running at QAC is full B1 and B2 on 42-300 and 500, and 72-300, 500 and 600, in 4 weeks, there is nowhere in the world you would get away with teaching that syllabus in that timeframe. Also the feed back from guys who have done there A320 course is terrible, surely you are supposed to learn more than what is the bare minimum on a level 3 course. CASA and the 147 training companies are both to blame, CASA for approving the short courses, and the 147's for churning out course after course of poorly trained guys and making a fortune, with no jobs for these guys to go to. Additionally, the new POC allows for you to apply for the type rating following 2 weeks in the classroom looking at pictures of the component locations, you don't even need to go onto the A/C, is this really the way it is heading?