Yes most of them struggled and overloaded the training department,ended up being sent on gardening leave on full pay(I believe) and training is now being completed during the quiter winter months. to be fair on the guys Gecat training is of a fairly poor quality and minimalist when compared to easyjet training. Before any mudslinging i have done to type ratings at Gecat and both have been very poor quaility and very disorganised!
I wouldn't worry about doing the course over the easy course at Burgess Hill is good and will prepare you well for line training, the training etho's is also very good,lots of support available.
I suspect they are asking Bad Robot to do the whole course to prevent any problems in line training which long term is much more efficient!
I did 6 years at easy and have no bad words for the training department.