What a load of tosh, the guys made two posts on here and you are encouraging him to borrow against his mums house in probably the worst downturn in ten years. You are an idiot or work for Cabair
For the very fact he stated he was to join cabair in oct/nov in his initial post i feel your argument above is void.
Emmett if you are insistent in ignoring people and continue with your training
What advice has he ignored? He was seeking advice with regards to assembling an established business and contingency plan. He's backed himself sensibly and has the option of decent employment if things are delayed upon graduation. With the Cabair/HSBC agreement, he has 12months after training to find employment before repayments are to start.
ensure you borrow another 3 or 4k against your parents house to pay for 1 hour every two months for twin currency, two IR renewals and some sim practise in 24-30 months or so which is when the airlines will be recruiting again. Also factor in two years extra interest and base you repayments on half your anticipated start salary as the best jobs will be going to those who timed their training better and are just graduating "fresh" from your school or Oxford.
How can you predict when the airlines will be "recruiting again"? If he starts in oct/nov as posted, according to you, 20months down the line, from now, when hes finishing up his JOC/MCC he will be in prime recruitment season? WHAT?
Im sorry your argument is flawed with ambiguities. If it's that you disagree with the integrated route, which seems apparent, don't plague this thread with incoherent insults which are highly unproductive and unnecessary.
Not wanting to hijack your thread, if you do start training then full marks for dogged determination but accept it will be a long while until you get a job.
As you said, "Not wanting to hijack" so don't.