1147,
Do you get all your FO trainee's from the SJ academy? If this is the case then that could explain the 90% pass rate at SJ.
The blog I mention, focused on an independent flying school with some questionable teaching methods. I know that a lot of airlines here are sourcing cadets from their own schools now. Do you think the fail rate could have been really bad once but has improved with the arrival of airline run flying schools?