Has pilot training got its knickers in a twist?

[Wingsward]

Thanks for that insight Phil.

So post 2018, the commercial schools will have to deliver a revised syllabus, including a revised theoretical syllabus?

Is this simply EASA's stated intention or is there any robust information about what the new framework will look like?

Is it a new type of course entirely or just an iteration of the ATPL or MPL?

Also, I take it that the "question writers" are aviation authorities rather than the flying schools themselves?
To what extent do the flying schools actually influence their courses, or is Oxford's ATPL pretty much the same as BCFT's for example?
The reason I ask is because I presume the flying schools will simply have a new syllabus handed down to them in 2018 as oppose to having to design their own new course to comply with legislation?