Slightly acute but nonetheless relevant, several (5) colleagues have recently departed the integrated FTO I work at to join regional carriers operating turboprops (& congratulations to them). All were MEIR FI's with thousands of hours between them. None even got a sniff of a job with a mainline or charter carrier (BA,bmi,thomsonfly etc).
This morning I received an e-mail from a former "problem" student of same school who required a significant amount of additional training at all levels of the syllabus & had particular difficulty with the concept of landing.
The e-mail was accompanied by a picture of former student in uniform posing next to a 130 seat U.S. built airliner whilst completing base training with a well known Big Airline in the U.K.
What is wrong with this picture? Answers on a postcard.....