I don't think of it as someone 'peddling' something. To me it seems like a creative solution to an actual problem. Training is the best, but private pilots va

I don't think of it as someone 'peddling' something. To me it seems like a creative solution to an actual problem. Training is the best, but private pilots vary drastically in their training, skill, experience level (especially recent experience). While I would love to see all pilots selected out of the population for their aptitude, then go through years of intense military like training followed by checkrides every 6 months, it's just not realistic in General Aviation. It's a group of people that differ wildly in their aptitude, age, skill level, that just happen to be healthy enough to pass a relatively low bar medical exam. Training for Private Pilots in the US might not be perfect, but I don't think a "throw training at it" response is all that useful of an answer. Train what? For how many hours, and require recency of experience after how long?