I don't think many pilots expect to be spoon fed in reality. What they do expect is a training department to be actually good at what it does. You know, organise classes and sims efficiently, provide them with the tools they need to get through the course so that the wheel doesn't have to be re-invented every couple of weeks, tell them how to get through the admin vortex that is the first few weeks - that kind of thing. I think it's telling that a group of pilots came up with a list of actions and procedures that need to be sorted in your first few weeks so that future courses didn't have to figure it out themselves each time. When you move to a new company and a new country at the same time, it's kinda stressful. Unfortunately the phrase "come on, you're all big boys, you can figure it out" is a phrase that I heard repeatedly in my time, which is a pretty pathetic approach to getting qualified people onto the line.