Unfortunately the simulator training department is comprised of too many old boy network instructors, some with emotional and social problems and pre dementia. They are too afraid to retire because their institutionalised egos can not face the fact that when retired they have no status apart from being just another old man. As such Cathay training will not ever be modernised. It is very sad to think that a person is what their title says rather than the humility, virtue and character that they posses. A standards meeting consisted of 40 mins of complaints about not enough pens or paper in the toilets, some bitching about the contract from entitled training captains, the Canadian STM talking for an hour about his health problems or some other randomly useless information. Almost nothing about how to improve quality and safety in Training. For a National Airline it is an absolute disgrace of a department. Now sit back and wait for the Cathay Pacific old boy management internet trolls reply with a bunch of lies and discreditation to save face in a rotting airline that has lost an enormous amount of talented people.