Dudley Henriques wrote:

The mistake a lot of the people in this thread seem to be making is that
zeroing in on the flight test and trying to use the results of the
flight test to establish an ACTUAL quality level for the pilot at that
point in time doesn't equate. All the flight test does is establish that
the pilot being tested has met a MINIMUM STANDARD.

Worse: it is a minimum standard sought at a single moment in time. There's
no guarantee that the same standard could be met by a pilot a day, a week,
or three weeks hence. That is, I believe, part of Jose's point/question.

- Andrew