The purchasing of line time effectively makes you a prostitute (harsh words but well deserved) and the airline a customer and the "training" organisation a pimp.
Just thought I'd quote these words again for those of you who don't read too well.
Along those lines, I believe Stapelford/Astreaus are ACTIVELY discouraging older (30+) ab-initio trainees on their integrated+100hrs 737 "course" (and I use that term loosely esp. as I have never heard of a "course" that discriminates on age) which suggests to me STRONGLY that they are using this as a cheap (and profitable) way to recruit young, new (and naive) pilots into their "culture" and keep 'em on AND not as a pure "training" device (where age would I assume be somewhat less material).
Welcome to the new World.
Last edited by flash8; 20th Dec 2005 at 15:40.