Hard disagree on foggles in the T6. Studs were so busy in the back flying the the PFD I doubt they were getting much more than peripheral horizon cues. And much like
@Jim123 I regularly took SNAs into IMC outside the gulf coast convective areas, as well as busy TRACONs like Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, etc.
As far as prof advanced, SNAs who rated that were well ahead of the curve in terms of experience, BAW, comms, etc and not at risk of getting below a 50. If they did struggle it was probably an attitude issue which we were more than happy to let the VTJ IPs handle by dosing out some humility.
I think studs who whine a lot about grades don’t realize how much they (like everyone else) sucked in FAMs. They almost all get better, that’s what the syllabus is for and why MIF in the fist block is mostly 2s.