VESTED INTEREST - BEWARE
This is all nonsense - I know loads of people who trained years ago and sad to say have never got off the light aircraft rung..
The problem with those flying magazines is they are funded by
OATS and all the other flying schools to the tune of 10s of thousands a year so they have to keep spinning the same yarn..
The CAA are in on it as well - Thats why the statistics on how many IR rated pilots upgrade to the multi crew IR are unavailable on their web site - it would be revenue limiting
The reality is that since the JAR
1/ More time consuming
2/ More difficult
3/ More expensive
AND CRITICALLY ALL THE EUROPEANS INCLUDING EASTERN EUROPE WHO REGARD 15K A YEAR AS A GOOD SALARY CAN APPLY
FOR UK JOBS...
Try telling it to the people at the BALPA jobs conference...
Oh theres a shortage of pop stars as well dont ya know...
Their are 100s of people at the BALPA jobs seminar every year
many give up...
The winners
1/ CAA - More exam revenue .. nice
2/ General public .. lower labour costs.. £1.00 return to Sydney etc
3/ The flying schools more revenue..
The losers
Pilots who subsidise the industry