Are the training staff any good
An alternative view for consideration:
I agree with other posters that IOT is simply a foundation to:
Firstly teach those that want to enter the 'Club', the rules of this 'Club'
and secondly to expose those qualities/skills/knowledge that the men and women under one's command will look for in their officers. But it is clear that a training course can only scratch the surface and exposure to real people will brings its own learning environment.
So my question is what is the selection process for the Flt Cdrs at IOT? Is it designed to select the best...or those with recent operational experience...or those that have a bent for leadership? Or is the selection process simply asking for someone that wants to live in Lincolnshire? Because in those formative years it would be good to have a Flt Cdr that one could look up to. How many of the posters can claim they had an exemplar Flt Cdr? Perhaps if we want less dumbing down we should look at the basics first and get that right.