What he said was irrelevant to his bosses and to the union. It was his behavior that lead to his "voluntary" retirement from the sim. I don't know the guy, but buddies had him prior to this and said he was vanilla. That's the real problem - everyone should be getting the exact same type of checkride, no matter who the instructor is.

Rumor has it there may be big changes coming to the TC. Location, potentially.

We have a pro standards committee and a training committee. I haven't worked with pro standards, but we all know a few names who must have files an inch or two thick, if they keep files.

I hate to speak badly of fellow volunteers, but I have yet to be impressed by the training committee's ability to listen/understand/fix problems that are brought to them. (Or perhaps their efforts just fall on deaf ears.) Hopefully others have had better luck.