with all that time on the ground, aircrew will become very rusty!!!
He hasnt even had time to oil his nuts yet let alone worry about rust! They will virtually end up doing the complete MEARW course again, and that is cost effective...NOT.
It is a shambles; those embedded in the system should be allowed to run their course (pardon the pun). The rumours of a line being drawn and the top 50% getting through whilst their lessor assesed peers get chopped is fraught as with the best will in the world, people have an isolated bad day through exam nerves whilst instructors are prone to hyping up their own students marks. Favourtism is human nature, and even the best instructors can succombe to it when such draconian decisions are at stake.