Recently, Hilton posted:

Matt Whiting wrote:
This was more of a judgment issue than a flying skills issue. Most
pilot training, at least short of the airline's CRM training, rarely
covers much about judgment. Some instructors are much better in
this regard than others, but it simply isn't high on the list
typically.

I totally agree. Please see my reply to "Morgans". Our certificate
requirements include very little about decision making, and clearly
not enough instrument training for the Private.

Being able to teach decision making is the one difference between
trainers/schools. I don't know how any of these "quick-course" schools can
teach good decision making, as the student doesn't have any practical
experience to associate with the theory (even if they could remember the
theory, which test scores suggest otherwise). This case is a prime example
of someone not knowing when to make a "no-go" decision.

While these are the
leading causes of fatal accidents, the PTS changes are primarily
maneuvers additions and removals. For example, if our 3 hours of
instrument Private training was sufficient, the why do non-IFR
Private pilots only last 178 seconds in IMC?

Simple: because they don't use 90 of those seconds to reverse course and
get out of IMC. Those that do so survivie and don't become part of the
statistic.

Neil