Its difficult to know whether CAE will reduce the backlog because communication is so poor. They are apparently opening a new training base for some MPLs in Spain. Whitetail ATPLs still go to Phoenix. So far there is no reduction in delays.
One thing for sure is to take anything the sales people tell you with a large pinch of salt. Nothing in CAE is joined up, so sales will tell you one thing to get you to sign when other parts of the company will do or say something completely different. How sales people will know what's going on when no one actually involved in delivering training knows.