You’d get a lot less terrible controllers, that’s my estimate of how many could easily wash these days. Dunno bout your area, my area just checks people out lol they want seniority lines…
They need seniority lines. Everywhere does. It’s the conundrum of facing being critically undermanned or certifying whatever room-temp IQ trainee the faa sent you this week. You won’t get anyone else for a while you so have to choose carefully.
How much of that is bad trainees though? Surely some of it is bad trainers? The faa expects everyone to train and some have absolutely no business being trainers. I’ve not been around long enough to see large numbers of trainees to compare but I’ve seen plenty of bad trainers.
It’s probably 75% bad trainees and 25% bad trainers. I have never seen someone wash solely becuase of bad trainers. If anything, I’ve seen people be more lenient and try to get more resources for people stuck with them because they know they had bad trainers and they feel bad, and they knew they aren’t getting the fair shot they deserve. It works out in the end.
I’ve seen bad trainers have a meltdown because the trainee didn’t have their permission to be certified and the supe did it anyways because they were ready according to everyone else in the building. That trainee did get jacked around in training a bit longer, but then saved the trainer from an ugly deal later on in the quarter.
Outside of exceptional circumstances, in the end it will all work out. If you have the skill, knowledge and work ethic it will get out and bad trainers won’t be more than a speed bump along your road to certification.