Devil Pilot,
you are absolutely right about CARC and it's standards. Like all flight schools Ayla has to comply with it's national regulations and in the Ground Instructor issue did so, until directed otherwise by the CEO. MM as you say is one of the best and most experienced instructors around, but he went and sat the CARC exams as did I.
The salesmen you refer to has little knowledge of flight training and I'm not sure he understands what a JAA licence is or how one is obtained, he is just a salesman doing as his master says!
To all potential students from Bahrain, think about the advice from Aero, your BD goes a long way in Europe at the moment!