We see trainees arrive on recurrent courses that don't know the aircraft limitations, don't know the immediate (memory) actions in the ECL, don't take notes in class, can't correctly answer straight forward questions on aircraft systems, some don't even know whether their aircraft has a SLA or Nicad battery installed. Unfortunately not isolated examples. It can be quite challenging teaching because without these basic fundamentals the flight manoeuvres training suffers. But the most frustrating aspect I see regularly is a NFP not saying or doing anything when the FP has put the aircraft in imminent danger of an adverse outcome. In other words, the NFP is just a passenger arriving at the scene of the accident.
I'd be interested in the CRM aspects of this Bristow accident, particularly the extent to which the co-pilot supported the decision of the Captain to undertake a ditching under the circumstances faced.