I don’t really care one way or another about the MPL. To be honest, if you gave me a low houred MPL cadet, a low houred ‘traditional’ integrated cadet with a CPL/IR, and a low houred modular cadet on the line without telling me which was which, I’d struggle to tell you which one was which.
Regardless of the training route taken, some cadets are excellent, some are average and some are not very good. They all lack airmanship, because they don’t have any experience to fall back on. They all have the same issues with manual flying and energy management, again because they don’t have any real experience.
With all that said, it is irritating when people don’t even get the basic facts correct. The MPL doesn’t tie you to a specific type or airline until the requirements for an ATPL are met. A type rating can be added
to an MPL in the same way as it can be to a CPL.
A somewhat moot point in any case because no airlines are likely to be hiring for a very long time.