Possibly better to pick a destination for its learning benefits rather than the quality of the catering? But anyhow, so long as I had the manuals a couple of days in advance, I'd have no issue doing a biennial flight in a Foxbat. Just drop me a line a few weeks before so that we can both plan for it and try and give you the greatest learning benefits from the flight.
I would say that rather than "can we go back to the old system ", the best question would be "what would give us the greatest safety benefit for the least cost and inconvenience? ".
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