PukinDog
Thank you for a very articulate and thought provoking post. Yours, combined with Oakape, have highlighted some very valid HF concerns. When we talk about encouraging resilience, airmanship, awareness and suspicion within flight operations, it's the factors you describe that we refer to. And as mentioned, under stress and high workload, the threat of type reversion is high. 600-1000 hours to feel comfortable with a new type.
Unfortunately, if an airline supports a training culture of learning by rote, the desire or ability of the student to consider the elements mentioned above are difficult to incorporate. Combine this with a fear culture, real or perceived, of disciplinary action for even minor non compliance, and the holes in the cheese begin to align.
Harry