The money isn't so much the issue - its probably the maximum you could afford whether Int or Mod.
The real advantage for the Mod boys is that they can pretty much stop. Today. Put it all on hold. Go back to paid work.
Or, they can complete the module they are currently on and then delay the remaining bits. THAT is the real advantage they have over someone who has committed to a training timetable they can't change without losing money.
The KEY ISSUE is not that there will never be any new jobs ever again. There will. The KEY is not to get your first ever IR issued and then not get a job for 3 years. Its expensive to keep it current and you'll get so generally rusty and jaded with the whole thing that passing the interview/sim ride is much harder than if you finished training a couple of months ago.
For many the attraction of Int has been the perceived continuity and speed of it. In the current situation that attraction has turned into a negative aspect.
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