Whilst some of OEBs comments may be a touch emotive and maybe even a bit paranoid, one must ask ones self why 2 Captains failed at the end of their command course ?
Whilst 2 Captains failing is not in itself a " once in a blue moon " event, you always wonder about a C & T system that lets guys/gals through to that point in their training and then fail ?
OEB is not the first person to point the finger at some individuals in the KA trg dept., and if there are some bad eggs in there then the pilots should have some sort of recourse, even if it is another check by a different TRE.
It is not normal, in my experience, to fail ones training and then be put in the sin bin for 12 months without any further checks/training.