It's not even self study. It's filling a square by clicking on an arrow when the slide is done talking. The ESKV is an exercise in memorizing answers. There is no learning involved. There is no thinking involved.

The simulators are all scripted to the point that you know exactly what is coming next. The instructors cannot stray from the script and there is no extra time to say...hey, can you show me this? Or what happens if I do this?

Bottom line is its a bare bones, minimum cost, minimum time program. It was the 4th time I had been through a 737 initial so it didn't really bother me...but if I was a new hire that had never flown a guppy before..Then I'd say the training was inadequate or inferior.