Midnight Cruiser, a slight correction: "he is dealing with some persistent poor performers, and not before time." They are mainly and almost exclusively senior F/O's that won't make command; BA has plenty of them as well.
The C.P has manipulated pay and commands and ever since he's been in charge with fewer and fewer BA old boys to stop his excesses. For example, Obliging pilots to take a pay-cut and freeze to save jobs; almost within a month the GSS management including himself get a fat bonus.
An able pilot up for command who apparently was not a 'company man' in the past by reputation, was told to pass 3 checks to be considered, which he did including a command check. He was then refused a command course by the C P. He had nowhere to go, no recourse and so was obliged to leave.
At the same time, and going against the advice of his own trainers a new BA secondee was given 3 or more successive final command checks until he past, because CP wanted him. There was also a rumour that the CP told an eminent trainer to mark the other guy down which apparently was refused.
Curiously this same eminent and much loved trainer was refused a new -8 course himself; possibly reserved for the CP when he reaches 65?
What is strongly rumoured however, is everyone is marked down by one category after this popular trainer sends in his reports. So that 2 becomes a 3, and 3 a 4 and so on.
Something is rotten is the State of Denmark.