I am not bashing CTC. It's a good scheme, and is of a great benefit to certain people. I liked the CTC cadets I trained with, and wish them all the best. I hope they are the ones who will go to BA.
I do want to disarm people in the industry that because, (a) you are over a certain age (34 for the ATP scheme), or (b) you have self sponsored, that this should preclude you from having a fair crack at the whip, so to speak.
As I keep saying, there are many self sponsored individuals who have had very successful careers elsewhere, but for what ever reason come to the industry later in life. Discrimination of any form, but particularly when it is used as a marketing tool, really irritates me.
(BTW - Please refer to Highflyer27 statements (the other CTC thread) on the benefits of CTC being able to only offer the route into certain airlines).