The girl who started in the last intake failed the psychomotor test and the spatial awareness/dynamic thinking tests. But she previously worked as cabin crew at Etihad. No dirty work there then!
The programme was indeed launched for the wrong reasons - just to get "friends and family" of Etihad staff into the pilot's seat, even if they're not suitable for the role. Looking at the last intake of 10 people, only 4 were not previously linked to Etihad, and 2 of those did some serious rule-bending to get their place...