The standard of trainers at KA is similar to anywhere else. Some good, some not so good, some big picture guys others caught up in the minutiae. I don't see that as the problem. The problem is the command upgrade programme.
How much time and effort went into command upgrades over the last 4 months for a total of 0% pass rate? Vast amounts of resources for zero return. That doesn't make economic sense. No wonder there's rumblings from the planning department. If some of that effort had of been used to highlight a candidates deficiencies and train them to overcome them, rather than scrubbing them and sending them to the back of the queue, then maybe more new highly trained commanders will be on line.
The system in place at the moment is tough, very tough. The candidates who get through do it through hard work and grim determination mostly. However it is very unforgiving. Even some of the best candidates have failed and had to have a second or even third go at it. However if the system was more flexible and focused on "training" to eliminate deficiencies then strong candidates will get through first time ( and weak candidates will still get scrubbed). To achieve this there will have to be a change of mindset in the training department. All of the trainers got their commands under the old system. Some old dogs may have to learn some new tricks. Inviting some third parties in from other respected airlines to get fresh ideas can't hurt. KA has been very insular on command training for a long time.
Green Dragon that was quite a strange post. There are a few problems at KA but there's not a stampede for the door. You can see that by how few threads on this forum are KA related. CX has 99% of the threads here and far more industrial problems. Even then there is no rush to join Emirates from CX I can see. Perhaps that is part of the problem and CX won't act until people start leaving. You might be calling the wrong group pussies.