With the new Multi Crew Licence approaching it seems as though sponsorships will slowly return. This is the only way that we will se a diminish in SSTRs. Lets prey it offers help to future pilots
Its not as easy a 'stop paying and the system will change' because there are many rich rich pilots out there who have Mum's and Dads who can afford type ratings no problem - just a year in a public school. Its your idea of what expensive and what's not. The supply will always be there! Sorry Zooflyer but I like your enthusiasm!
I myself am having problems funding, but I have slowly found the money for each module. I am interested in researching all avenues and keep checking every day, preying for the day I seeing the word sponsorship in bold and hopfully BA before. My first brochure about flight training that I saw was the BA spnorship scheme and I was gutted when this closed!
I prey in the case of flight training 'we get what we pay for'!
good luck.