I continue to be dismayed by how few of the students can actually fly. Inability to set an attitude. Inability to trim. Non existent scan, especially of heading and speed. Inability to figure out which hand controls what for various phases of flight. Honestly I have NO IDEA how 70% of these people have passed an IR.
I believe 0 to ATPL is one of the culprits here (alongside the obvious - over-reliance on automatics).
I don't blame the students. As an industry (and with the regulators also guilty by omission of action) we have completely messed up the flying training process.
Enlightened views Cap.
The 'leaders', not the majority, signed off on the programs/systems the 'risk averse' and bottom line aligned were selling. This is the root core of the current disconnect towards safety culture.