Without exception every single jet pilot I know including highly experienced training captains are from modular backgrounds, all but one started on turboprops or light pistons and most didn't get their first commercial job until their late 20s/early 30s.
A tad of an exaggeration there,
duir? If that's so, can you explain where all the graduates of Cabair, OAT and FTE integrated courses go?!
There are a lot of jobs out there, and there are people from all shades of the training spectrum getting in on the action. No one system or school has a monopoly on success or how to do it. There's still room for all the different approaches, including the integrated cadet getting into a 737 at 250 hours. They'll miss out on a great deal of good flying but, hey, that's their loss!
Scroggs