Some ideas for a better check and training system.
1. All 3/4 bar checks have to be done with 2 checkers. Mr Hardass in the RHS, and a checker of your choice, on the jumpseat. So if Hardass wants to fail you to the fleet office, the other checker has some input and has to agree.
2. All star chamber decisions resulting in a failed command, or failed command assessment, have to be notarized, and presented in writing to the candidate. So that the reasons, and path to improvement, are clear.
3. No ERAS reports are valid until signed off by the candidate, as well as management. And any dispute about the results is handled in the same way as a D&G proceeding.
4. All of us start taking MP3 recorders in the the sim and debrief for all sessions. And if something turns up on your ERAS that is inaccurate to the extent that it might jeopardize a command upgrade, then some evidence is available for you to contest the result, as per idea 3 above.
Feedback anyone ?