eyeinthesky,
I have indeed trawled through the archives, but you never know how much is hearsay as opposed to factual information. This is why I wanted to hear from some people who had been there and done it so to speak.
My belief is that they work you hard and they get a cheap resource for a couple of years. In return I get a nice shiny ATPL and hopefully a right hand seat with KLM. I believe I can put up with that
I had heard some rumours (don't know how substantiated they were) about pay cuts to sponsored instructors. It would be nice to actually pay some of my bills whilst I was on the course
Regards,
STurns