Kingswood,
I don't know how long you have been there, but I WAS there for 10+ years up until not that long ago.
Do you want me to elaborate on the issues that were encountered by the EAA Check Capts when they went to check the SS pilots on the 400. Massive failure rates in the sim and on the line. If you are new to the company then maybe you are still in the dark. However, if you have been around longer than 4-5 years then I am quite sure that I do not have to elaborate on this. Why do you think the Sunnies guys were so anti EAA when the EAA Checkies were failing Sunnies guys left, right and centre.
EAA Checkies were despised(and probably still are truth be known). Many Sunstate senior C&T guys departed the scene or just got out of T&C simply because in their words, "these guys are making it all too hard".
According to EAA Flt Ops management, there was SERIOUS standards issues within Sunstate. Not my words, theirs. do some spade work and dig a bit deeper. There were massive failure rates.