A group of guys I spoke with recently said it best regarding EK and training:
It's not a good feeling to have to be checked every 6 months and have to worry about who you have for the check, what kind of mood they are in, and if they have totally been converted to an EK management slave. There are some good guys and the percentage is going up but the majority of EK TRE's still succumb to management and bow down as slaves rather than remembering that they are still pilots as well.
For example, if you screw up on minor procedural issues there will be no assistance to correct the problem first as gentlemen first with no report of the issue to the company....it will always be written in your report so that management knows everything about you and can bend you over as they see fit. The TRE's seem to think that their minor comments don't make any difference as to a guys future with EK...and maybe they don't....until something bigger happens or you go to upgrade.
The big thing is that most EK TRE's seem to forget that they see this stuff every day....most of us line guys see and practice this stuff for real every 6 months.