Lowkoon,
An excellent well thought out post , raising important issues . The problem is that it's a hostile environment that we operate in so you can't afford to give a student looking at a command the benefit of the doubt
But again why don't we train more and check a bit less , I'm sure that there are some very talented guys out there
Alternatively raise the retirement age another year or two to give those coming up some more time to consolidate
Standing by for incoming