Originally Posted by
Speed_Trim_Fail
The UK CAA issues, what, about 1200 CPLs a year? Speedbird Academy is 200 places in 2025, TUI are taking 30, Jet2 are hoping for 60, I’ve no idea what DHL UK aim for so I’ll say 10 for round figures, but nearly 300 fully funded places is 25% of the current CPLs issued annually in the UK.
The UK isn’t some panacea, but it seems a lot better right now than it has been for many many years in terms of funded schemes.
That is as it may be, and I'm not disputing it, but the CAA also recognising EASA licenses and issuing equivalents without needing to essentially re-do the entire thing, would make the situation even better, especially for those not lucky enough to get onto a fully funded course (aka the other 75%).