Anyone who pays 8K for ICUS is a total twit. Is this the caliber pilot that a company would like to employ anyway? If the said company does give them a job then thats probably good for the other firms around the place.
If they dont get offered a job at the end of it then bad luck to the pilot. They signed up for the "deal" in the first place.
I would still like to know which twin runs the ICUS guys fly? Just the dead legs or with pax?
A good IR training comapny will try and give you some ICUS for free at the end of a rating or maybe charge a very minimal fee for it.
Bulla..