Agree.
So it's comes down a matter of training. With it you can make any pilot legal (to whatever any GCAA muppet deems necessary). And i never contested that. Maybe prop guys just need that little extra and they're fine.
Concerning your other comment, EK seems to breed a lot of heroes. Some save the poor passengers from underperforming FO's and many,
many others save them from absolutely incompetent DEC's.