Judging by the number asking for information on the assessment day on the other thread, there are still many who either.......
choose not to listen
don't care just so long as they get a go on a "big shiny jet"
think they can steal a march on everyone else
try to justify it as a good deal by comparing it to the cost of an FI rating followed by poor pay
carry on through ignorance
.....that I cannot see the situation changing.
I am another who has actively turned down the opportunity to go down this route. Now 2+ years post qualification, hours proving hard to come by, wrong side of 35 and no sign of anything else at the moment. As frustrated and skint as everyone else but still have a bit of pride left. The idea for me is to earn a living doing something I enjoy. I know that within a few months at FR I would be knackered, destitute and miserable, so I would be neither earning a living nor doing something I enjoy.....and so the search goes on.