Banana Joe, your friend has just reapplied via CAE be making everything from scratch after waiting 6 months (or even less) ? Or he/she has reused existing CAE profile? Or it was not CAE at the first attempt?
janzerer, if you have MCC:
https://www.cae.com/civil-aviation/a...g-type-rating/
If you haven't:
https://ryanair.workable.com/j/A26D6D1E26