At the last downturn the majority of students (on integrated) were all airline sponsored.
All the airlines immediately pulled the plug on those course (for ever).
However, today likes of ctc, cabair, fte, oaa, have majority self sponsored students. Its therefore much harder for joe bloggs wannabe to pull plug on their own training. Means by 2010 the fatpl market is going to be over saturated, what with the expected stagnated recruitment.