I went through AWAC training several years ago. In my class, 4 people were washed/fired/asked to leave. One was a senior CAPT at Independence Air (attitude), one was a Comair furloughee that got snippy with HR people, one was a low hour pilot, and the last was a criminal issue.

I came from another regional and was current/qual'd on the CRJ-200 at the time. The training was fast, and not geared for new folks. It was adequate, but not as in depth as my first airline. AWAC (at the time) didn't teach the FMS until you were in the sim. I was told the training software was too expensive and not easily justified. That was what the training folks told me when I showed them the software I had from a previous employer. I wondered how much sim time (@ $600/hr) was wasted teaching the FMS. Maybe that was too much for some.

The major theme I saw was to be flexible, a team player, and act 'happy to be there' no matter how much of a power trip the sim instructor is on, or seems to be on in my case.

The instructor that was a hard nose in the sim was happy to see me a year plus later in a crew van. We talked like old friends, and I had thought I angered him during my training. In retrospect, I think the training staff were testing us folks. The old Indy Air CAPT didn't bite his tongue long enough I guess.

Life was much better when I got to the line, YMMV.

Good Luck.