The transition is taking longer for some.
It was the same out west toward the end of the 737's time. For example, I had a friend being recalled and his class consisted of two recalls and two transition captains, both of whom were long time Boeing men.
Anyhow, in my friend's case, he and the instructor were 'worried' about his training partner fairly early on in the sim. Well, it turns out both the recallees were finished up with seat support while both the captains had extra training.
The captains were and are good men and good pilots, it just was what it was. And it wasn't all that uncommon.