Syllabus is definitely not what you have listed. How about LOFT? The syllabus may not be exhaustive and may be they are trying to take refuge into min requirements fulfilled. Things were no different for years. There are low calibre expats floating around as well, you would agree. There are many who were no good anywhere but landed up in india. That is not to say some are not good. Easy to pass judgement by lot of people sitting thousands of miles away. If you would recall most incidents including mumbai airport closure last year involved experienced expats..... they dont outnumber indians by the way.