The passengers are getting 2 qualified crew as both have type ratings. the argument abour low houred pilots is rubbish because this is no different to what virtually every airline does in the uk. BA, Thomsonfly,Ryaniar, Easy, Jet2, First Choice, thomas cook etc etc, all do line training on their 737/757/320 fleets for low houred pilots. Are they also shortchanging their passengers then?So the ONLY difference is that the person in the seat is paying instead of getting paid.
This is a useful facility, I disagree that people should have to pay for all line training, but what do you do if you were taken on by an airline , did your TR but before you finished your line training the airlines ceased operation? Its not ideal having to pay for line training but in certain cases it can be beneficial to getting work again.