, I'm sorry your experience with Skymark is or was not what you had expected it to be.
Expected? How about what they told us when they hired us, "training will be six months", in reality, one year.
Training was the worse I have ever endured, the training for the JCAB written was simply going over previous tests, no real knowledge required, same goes for the gouge taught by contractors for the radio theory and technical test.
Sim training was simply more of the same, simply rehearsing a scripted play that you act out for the JCAB inspector (thinking not allowed), always the same check ride each and every time from Haneda Intl., those that feel they actually accomplished something by completing the training must be delusional or simply had no back up plan.
I really enjoyed living in the country itself, but SKYMARK (at least the 737NG gig) was terrible, maybe the Airbus courses will be better.