Just two items:
An Observation - Ryanair are cancelling flights due, they say, to the Boeing strike. Interestingly, the need to cancel flights ends at the begining of April (when pilots hours are zeroed again). Is this not a bit much to be asked to believe (and surely it will have a further delaying effect on training)?
A Question: has anybody who checked up with the IAA, or whomever, got an answer about the acceptability of the gap between completing simulator and starting / finishing line training?