Q1 - Seems like some familiar shenanigans that happened at certain HK owned regionals. I knew some guys first hand that were seemingly screwed at various training events, and flew with a concerning number of guys that told stories of busting PC's for nitpicky items, or given unreasonable scenarios for a PC with multiple concurrent system failures. Almost seemed like there were some personal vendettas against some. My perception was it was something that was happening more several years in the past, and at the time that carrier did not have AQP for these training events and it seems easier to hose someone on a PC than it would have been in an AQP footprint. ( Iono if that carrier ever got AQP or if the sister company has AQP yet either)

I've thankfully been out of the regional gauntlet for a couple years now, and the regional whose dubious practices i was acquainted with is now RIP as of 2020. However, the sister company is still kicking with the some the same upper level managment and a weak union and seems it could be plausible.