nigel don't you think that EOL training (and manual throttle control) means that pilot's will have greater handling competence? Perhaps having less accidents because they know how to fly.
Instead all the touchy-feely 'no EOL' and 'Gov Off is an Emergency, if it happens don't turn the throttle', Training Manegment Manual Audit and Safety Management Manual stuff seems to correlate with pilots not being able to handle safely anymore. Lovely Manuals all approved by the CAA, but aircraft littering the countryside recently.
First it was light/medium twins 6 in a row, now light singles 4 in a row. Follows the cronology of regulation introduction, strange.