I said some wouldn't like what I said. These places teach flying just fine. Unlike the military, they don't also teach thinking, nor do they focus on emergency procedures like the Military does.
Clear day, VFR, your grandma could fly most aircraft.
Bad weather, crosswinds, sick engines or hydraulics, you had better hope the dudes up front have already seen worse.
Both have their positives and negatives. However, it is very hard to substantiate that the military teaches "thinking" and "emergency procedures," better than a reputable commercial aviation program.
"Unlike the military, they don't also teach thinking, nor do they focus on emergency procedures like the Military does."
On behalf of all the rest of the sadistic ba***** ground instructors, I thank you very much for that point.
Used to tell my navigation students that they would only be allowed to leave the tender care of our Training Department after we'd simulated their deaths enough times to convince them that they were neither infallible OR immortal.