Like he said it was part of his on job training. Seems some people want to shoot people down as soon as they get any info from etihad.
There really is no point speculating until people start to receive offers for interviews or rejections. As Malirm said he applied early and his application has only now been reviewed I would think that we are all in for a very long wait!
Anyway, the more posts there are in this thread the lower our chances of getting onto the course are