The new pilots joining us in the 21st century deserve better than 40 year old aircraft with steam guages, we should be training them for the future.
I agree 100% because as time passes aircraft designers give us better equipment.
HOWEVER:
All airplanes are still controlled by the same control surfaces and the pilot still has to understand how to use these surfaces to produce the required control of the airplane....
SOOOoo...
If all new pilots were started on a Cub off a farmers grass strip until solo would not that make them ready to learn to control the modern easy to fly machines??