Thorr
I also agree with your point regarding the motivation of cadets attending the VGS, many IGT cadets that I trained often said 'I only came because my mate was coming...........' and indeed often many of those cadets attending the BGT continuous courses had suspect motivation and would have failed pre-course 'screening' (had there been any). Difficult to generalise but I would say that the CCF cadets probably had more motivation than the ATC Cadets (and that from an ex-ATC Cadet !)
Maybe there should be some screening of cadets before the course is handed to them on a plate...............that way the more motivated ones might get the reduced number of places available..........., in future it appears that more travelling distances will be required - this will be a big factor for many.
Arc