I understand where your coming from there fred, but those that buy there cards, well i say buy but gain their cards through different means are only cheating themselves.and the industry.
In my oppinion my training was shiit hot, i was trained by tony barry at ncc midlands on my part 2 and supervisors, and tom brown on my advanced and both of them run through everything in fine detail, if needed they would go through it 2-3 times to make sure.
maybe to get our rep back as the best we need independent instructors to do final assesments like we do with our driving test/ lessons.