Pre-course assessment
A qualification of any sort does not give you the 'right' to a job.
A fATPL is the minimum qualification needed to do this job
In a market where supply exceeds demand there will be many
disappointed people - its just the market
Medicine is a rare example of a profession where one needs to satisfy stringent pre entry criteria that is not typical of a self selected student doing fATPL training....Its unusual in that its paid for by the NHS in the large part, and leads to a guaranteed well paid job for life.... Its a long training with more than just a few months of exams like the JAA FCL stuff! More like 10 years rather than 10 months!
Theres a shortage of doctors and dentists there is NO shortage of pilots. Partly cos its quick and relatively easy to train a pilot...
One thing that is lacking in all this is a forward view of risk for people contemplating spending 60-100 K
They will be forced because of the freedom of Information Act next year to address this and give us more information...
The FAA do this but they have a poilicy of promoting the flying training sector without abolishing it....unlike th eCAA that keep their student progression data secret ... and thats cos of vested interest!