I whole heartedly agree saab2000. We should definitely use the U.S military's pilot training as a great example of how to do things. But guess what? the multi-crew license isn't anywhere close to being like the military's ab initio training.

In the military pilots are trained from day one (after an extreme screening process) to be pilots, not a part of a crew. They train with an instructor and are taught to operate the aircraft on their own and then get cut loose to solo just like almost any other student pilot. Once they complete their initial training and are competent aviators the ones who will be flying in crew environments are then trained with emphasis on the crew concept. Every pilot in the military (besides being an officer) is an aviator first, they just happen to either be flying a C-5 or an F-16. Both pilots can and do operate as individual pilots.