I was sitting an ATPL just before Christmas and I was the ONLY person in there that wasn't a J* cadet... All ab-initio and sitting their CPL exams, so there has been plenty of uptake by the looks of it.
I asked what happens should they fail any exams and just got a bunch of "I wouldn't have a
ing clue!" looks.
So not sure if there is any QA and assessment/re-assessment happening over there, or at the very least the poor buggers don't know what happens should they get booted off the course.
Make what you will of the above, but food for thought...