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Old 13th Mar 2013, 18:44
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Artie Fufkin
 
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Modular vs integrated is too emotive a subject to get an objective reply. You will see very partial views one way or the other, largely backed by a person who trained that particular way.

Modular or integrated, either way, I don't see a whole lot out there for either at the moment. There have been a lucky few outside the tagged schemes on the integrated side who have made it into Monarch, easy and Thomson recently. A similar handful have gone into regional turboprops recently via the modular route. Either way, Ryanair aside, its slim pickings.

The way I have seen some not insignificant success recently is the canny cadet (either mod or int) obtaining a job as cabin crew / flight planner / ops / dispatcher at a target airline and getting into the flight deck through the back door. It is a very quiet side of recruitment, but it happens quite a lot at the right airline. Read the article on the last page of Flight this week as an example.

It is impossible to plan which route is best, because by the time you have trained, the situation will most likely have changed. The old adage "You pay your money and take your chances" remains regrettably true.
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