That I never said - what I stress is that there is a constantly perpetuated delusion that one can select oneself, train modular and beat the integrated offering.
I have clearly offended many below with my comments, however I assure you that I am not an integrated student with a chip on the shoulder.
I am posting here to stress that you must give yourself the best possible chance to succeed, and not make it doubly hard for yourself by persuing a course which is not the preferred choice of the vast majority of airlines.
I am not quite sure why Lucifer is getting so much stick, he actually makes a very valid point. What modular training has allowed is for many unsuitable wannabees to foster pipe dreams of becoming pilots when in fact they do not fall into the norm of what airlines want and are unemployable.
If you don't believe me then get a bit of experience under your belts, develop some experience recruiting for a decent sized company then go stand outside Gatwick during the exams and watch the folks that walk in through the doors. That clears out the physical attributes like tattoos, long unkept hair and the like. Then spend some time around your average flying school and get to know (if you can) all the master chess players and computer gamers who have never nor would ever have wished to participate in any team sports in their lives. See how long they can hold a conversation and how nervous they are when you start asking them about themselves and if they look you in the eye. The sad thing is that no one has told these folks that they will never get past an airline interview. That they have no drive or get up and go and should give up before wasting more money. Unfortunately the way the system is setup they won't believe you anyway. Still don't believe me? Then after a while reading these forums you will soon see that some peoples ideas of getting a job involves trolling through Pprune and sending out CV's whilst stuck in front of their computer. Sad way to go after spending the thick end of £50-60k.
The plus side is that for the rest of us it reduces our training costs
