Long time lurker, first time poster.
As a fellow Kharadron Admiral I'd like to just to provide words of hope to those just beginning their tour of duty in the glorious Aether-Fleets.
As a long time player of GW games, in pretty competitive environments, I was, at first, very skeptical of this armies competitive viability. After some substantial theorycraft, and playtesting, let me assure new KO players that this Faction is indeed viable. Very much so. This army *currently* has the tools it needs to win 4 games, even 5 games (with the right match up luck) in top tourneys.
However, this army is not very beginner friendly, in fact quite the opposite. It has only a couple really solid builds, and each requires thoughtful placement, movement, and target prioritization. As opposed to say netlisty DoK, Khorne, and LoN lists.
So in short, do not listen to the doubters, continue to plug away at our awesome ships and Balloon Boys, take your lumps - and you will absolutely take your lumps until you get a good grasp of what you need to be doing.
CanCon was just the tip of the iceberg, and GHB2019 is likely to only inprove our lot. You will be mowing armies down in no time.
Goodluck!