AB - okay I have just checked the newest 2015 Training manual (1.3.1.9) and I humbly stand corrected.
However my point was that you make the EK command course sound like a walk in the park which it is not. Yes it's not the NASA space programme like at CX but it's certainly robust and any candidate that completes the course is just as competent.
I agree with Oasis - possibly EK gets the nomination to command process right...