TP,
That was an excellent summation of the way the Australians view checking and training. In fact, it's so close to my experience on moving to Virgin Oz, that I broke out in a sweat.
I found it a very intense experience that required a lot of lip-biting and hard work. However, the difference between EK and DJ is that there should be an increasing amount of common sense, with the ever growing amount of American pilots at EK.
I apologize for the thread hijack but having been through this the best thing I would advise, is to remember this saying......"Resistance is futile". Don't fight the differences and learn to play the game.