I had the pleasure of sitting next a person not so long ago. This is what I observed. He was a CPL holder with about 220 hours. (no NVFR or IFR)
Didn't know how to use a GPS other than "direct to"
Had the most ridiculous generic checklist I have ever seen that took the guy what seemed like hours to get through.
Radio calls were terrible.
Couldn't land in even a little bit of cross wind without help.
Told me he wasn't allowed to do a straight in approach. (His school said GA aircraft aren't allowed)
He also told me the area for nav training that the students were allowed to go to at his school was "rather small" and almost impossible to get lost in. The CPL test route was the same for every student and students would fly the test route on nav training for "practice".
So to the OP. The syllabus may be real world still but the delivery of it seems not to be.