Originally Posted by
Prometheus737
I regret commenting on this thread. I should’ve known the sycophants would swarm 🙄.
Anyone taking on £70k+ of debt just to perform a function for an employer is stepping into a broken system. Apprentice electricians don’t do that. Doctors don’t. Lawyers don’t. Student loans are a tax, not a ransom. No other profession front-loads cost like this before a single pay cheque. It shuts people out, fuels exploitation, and bleeds directly into safety.
Pilots provide a service to society like anyone else. Previous generations weren’t buried under this kind of debt. Now the same people who benefited from fairer systems defend the one that stripped them away. Falling birth rates, unaffordable housing, privatised essentials — all consequences of the same thinking.
Maybe I do need a reality check — that we’re living through mass delusion, where the middle class is being squeezed into non-existence while the wealthy line their pockets with the type-rating fees of line-training pilots sleeping in their cars.
That came direct from a Ryanair line-training captain.
Clearly no one thinks in systems anymore. 🤦♂️
I believe you're misrepresenting the reality of airline type rating costs. In practice, most airlines require pilots to cover the cost of type ratings - either through upfront payments or salary deductions. Your claims about line training salaries are also inaccurate. While the basic salary may start at the figure you mentioned, you failed to include SBH (Sector-Based Hours) pay, which is a significant component of total compensation. Omitting this detail gives a misleading impression and undermines the accuracy of your argument.