Wow, registering just to respond to me? I'm nobody , but welcome!

However, I really fail to see how your opinion is any different than mine. I may be reading your post wrong or may have written something unclearly in my previous posts, but it was my point that "Until YOU are the one responsible in making decisions, you are still under the umbrella of your Instructor, flight school, Captain..etc etc.

I think that the training environment, when used correctly, can be very helpful in grooming a pilot. However, experience is just that, experience. Although we can all learn from other people's experiences, we need experiences of our own to draw upon to make better and better decisions.