She's right that structured training needs to improve, but who is going to pay. I remember a check airman told me one of the pilots on IOE tried to forward slip a swept wing jet from a high approach to landing. If the pilot had read "Fly the Wing", Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators, or received at least some good training on swept wing aerodynamics, he wouldn't have done this. I've flown with captains who didn't know about coffin corner, or who didn't consider best long range cruise when we encountered strong headwinds aloft.

There is a gap missing in airline training. Most of us go from recips to jets very quickly, with no step in between. Many go from bug smashers to airline training in a couple of days. But what I don't want to see is structured training as code word for a university degree and flying lessons that the govt. and taxpayer are put on the hook for.

RAA wants to offer metered flows and all kinds of candy that they control.