If all the above figures for F/O salaries are correct, why then is there a never ending supply of self sponsored frozen ATPLs?
Surely if one's motivation is a love of flying rather than making money it would be better to pursue a career that could finance the flying rather than choose airline/corporate flying itself.
I am thinking of the number of people in the medical/legal/financial professsions in the US who own private Mustangs and such like aircraft.
The willingness for people to self-sponsor and buy type ratings is obviously a gift from heaven for airline financial directors in the UK.
Do the UK FTOs give genuine advice on career prospects when signing up new students into their training programmes?