We've had non flying DFO's before this one (remember the zoologist?) - I think this management course thing is, at least, plausible.
It's not the event itself that leaves me aghast and incredulous, it's the sheer arrogance of this bunch. Neither embarrassed nor remotely apologetic, they are a law unto themselves.
I'd pay almost anything to witness some of these fools and charlatans being led away in cuffs.