Well you see I don't think its as small a stepping stone market as you seem to.
But then again you don't work in my market you work in one that only does cadets.
Your traditional recruiting ground has started to impose on my market because they arn't getting jobs on fancy jets. More and more of them. 5 years ago you never saw a CV in the pile to fly an old heap of a turboprop. Now we get 10-20 new ones a month.
But as you have said you need to be a cadet to get these jobs straight off on fancy jets. If they don't get a job on them they are paying to fly an old heap of a turbo prop which to be honest they arn't suited for and doesn't pay enough to servise the loans. Most mod pilots don't have anywhere near that level of debt mainly because the banks won't give it to them, try 20k and you might be nearer the mark. Quite a few don't have any at all because they worked and payed for it in cash.
The market for self financed is the same as for anyone however they are trained. All the jobs they are suited for are now sown up with cadets and if you don't even pass the starting post your not allowed to play. Just join the 100's apon 100's of previous graduates from both methods.
Then they find out what the difference is between paying off 20k and 80k.
There isn't enough cadetships to keep one big school going never mind 3 you need those self finance guys to keep your prefered training method going. No wonder you are so critical of anything whch suggests not doing it.
I am well aware where the FPP are going and I wish them every success and enjoyment on there training (and thats said in a none sarcastic way)
Last edited by mad_jock; 1st September 2012 at 20:34.