Towers,
I dont see what your problem is. If Ace wantsa to spend money to further his career then let him, if it puts him ahead of the game then good luck to him is what I say. I have no agenda pushing Eagle Jet or any other scheme for that matter and after re-reading my post I cannot even see how you drew the fact I have an agenda pushing them! I try and stay as objective as I can when replying to something, as I am sure you would realise if you had checked my postings on this site before posting a response such as you did.
I have spent a "collosal sum of money which isn't yours" as well, somewhere in the region of £25k as well at last count, every hour in my logbook I have paid for out of my own pocket, no sponsorship, no bursarys, no students paying for hours whilst I instruct them, etc. I do know the value of money and investment so please dont treat me as if I dont!
As I said the fact that people will pay to further their career is not new, maybe it has just reached aviation.
I have been in my industry(outside aviation) for 15 years and its helping me pay towards my career of flying but to bring it home to you I paid £4500 a few weeks ago for a 5 day course. Was this to advance my career - No! It was actually to be able to carry on doing what I am doing, if I had not done I would have been out of the job and the flying would have ben put on hold as well. As other posters have said, if you want to join one of these scheme to get some time in your logbook then go for it, but be careful which schemes you go for and as has been said in countless previous threads on here, if they demand all the money up front then pick up your bags and run a mile!
Finally, Julian is my real name - if you dont like then take the situation up with my mother as she picked it
I am currently about to complete my CPL if all goes well. If you have any further issues with me then please feel free to PM me with any more questions as I have nothing to hide and will quite happily answer anything you want to ask.
Julian.