If one needs the hand holding of an integrated airline scheme then the person is not cut out to be a pilot anyway. Unless you get into a free program à la Aer Lingus of course...
Wow what a childish thing to say. If that's true then easyJet, Flybe, BA, Virgin and every other Arline that has ever run an integrated scheme must have gone out of their way to find people who really shouldn't be entrusted to fly a $72m jet carrying 180 people. Their selection criteria must weed out those who are suited to this level of responsibility, and who could not possibly pass their EASA's or CPL/ME/IR for that matter.
There is a rotten attitude on this part of pprune towards the intergrated students that is incredibly myopic. It only serves to discredit every junior pilot stepping out of flight school by portraying them as over-privileged and naive. The truth of the matter is that the vast majority have worked hard to get in, work damed hard while at school and aim to come out as well-rounded and as well prepared for their future career as possible. Oh and believe me, they know full well the implications of having to barrow/ save the amount of money an integrated course costs.
Saying that Modular people are any better or any worse than Intergrated is as bigoted as saying the Captain you fly with who went to a Private school is more deserving of their position than the Captain who went to a Comprehensive. No, each is equally deserving, no matter what route they took to get there. The same applies to flight training.