I am an airline captain and in my company we do EBT for a few years now. Maybe 6 years or so. Now- 6 years later I have talked to many fellow pilots. Before EBT, every year we had two checkflight and two refreshers. We were able to prepare for each of the checkflights and also could focus on the refresher topics. Today we have EBT...which means 2 days of being checked and evaluated...twice a year and the refreshers just disappeared. Pilots have to prepare for 2 days at once and have little information how to prepare for those two days. EBT was sold with the phrase: "Less checking, more training". But in reality it has become "No training, only checking" .At least in my company so many pilots have developed anxiety and literal panic because of EBT. But noone wants to talk about it openly. But this EBT is a horrible idea and does not make flying safer. It is a hazard to the mental health of pilots.
I am an airline captain and in my company we do EBT for a few years now. Maybe 6 years or so. Now- 6 years later I have talked to many fellow pilots. Before EBT, every year we had two checkflight and two refreshers. We were able to prepare for each of the checkflights and also could focus on the refresher topics. Today we have EBT...which means 2 days of being checked and evaluated...twice a year and the refreshers just disappeared. Pilots have to prepare for 2 days at once and have little information how to prepare for those two days. EBT was sold with the phrase: "Less checking, more training". But in reality it has become "No training, only checking" .At least in my company so many pilots have developed anxiety and literal panic because of EBT. But noone wants to talk about it openly. But this EBT is a horrible idea and does not make flying safer. It is a hazard to the mental health of pilots.