T'was always thus... Thank goodness the real instruction is only required at BTC level - to qualify the candidate as safe to land the airplane if the captain falls over. The checking and book-reading-box-ticking exercises could be done by any line captain (or indeed done in the classroom) as the 'trainee' is already a P1 rated guy(ess) undertaking LUFUS or, for the trolls and non pilots: line upgrade flying under supervision. Hardly an onerous task.