From beardy,
I think you will find Llamaman was saying by 'a la' was 'in the style of'. In which case I agree with him. Having taught flying and other practical skills 'a la' CFS I have found their technique very good and in use by other armed forces worldwide. CM, you probably, unwittingly, used their basic techniques, which would explain your success.
Thanks for that. Of course I didn't mean that CFS are the authority on all things instructing. Far from it, and I personally took issue with the way they did a lot of things. If my comment came across as arrogant it certainly wasn't meant to.
My point was that to be fully informed on the issue you are much better placed if you have experienced things from both sides of the fence, it's called empathy. I think that is a fair assumption.