Originally Posted by
maxjet
You would both be right. You, in that given enough time, can, teach judgement through experience. He, is absolutely right and more realistic. The Company, because of standards set by the FAA, only requires X number of hours of instruction. Other pilots provide the gouge for the checking event. Because of this there is no time to teach judgement and the student memorizes his way through the checking event. There needs to be much more accountability required of Instructors and Check Airmen.
I believe it comes down to how selection and promotion occur within an organization. Without reforming how promotion occurs people's incentives will be centered around pleasing superiors with minimum personal exposure.