Meeb,
I have to agree with Scroggs' qoute: can you not see that FTOs like Oxford, Cabair exist because there are people willing to pay for their license. If everybody refused to pay for any training then all airlines would have to start funding cadets. TRTOs are merely an extension of the service provided by FTOs. You may not like it, nor may some of your little friends, but that's the way it is! Your utopian vision of morality within a contemporary commercial environment such as aviation is lovely to hear, but it ain't going to happen.. you sound like a ranting Socialist (note: no political stance against socialism intended)
For your information it is not just 'youngsters' with money.. there are many 'elders' with money too both at FTOs and TRTOs. It doesn't matter what the profession was about because wannabes are not going to experience that (not the current forum we are in), those days (sadly) are gone. From a number of your posts it appears to me that you have a difficulty with excepting change and possibly dwell on the past. There is nothing wrong with reminisence, nostalgia and the like, but exceptance is hugely important. I don't like the way the area I have lived in has changed.. the guns, crime etc but I have to except that is the way it is.. I do not have the power to change matters and you too do not have the power to alter the way aviation is changing.. deal with it.
Oh yeah.. cheers for castigating myself and others as w**kers, real mature mate. I leave my fighting talk for the streets and the pub, this is supposed to be a professional civilised forum. Try to control yourself.
Powder monkey.. pm me if you need any info, ditto to what Scroggs said, there is an evident risk factor involved, I can give you a rough estimate of the success rates
747 Downwind
