I fail to see, from the multitude of venomous posts on this thread from a variety of people, where the problem is
Wobble2plank,
the answer to your question is answered perfectly in Corsair's second paragraph.
"What has drawn my ire is NOT really the fact that BA or any airline have hiring preferences but the apparent attitude of some posters that the reason for it is something to do with the fact that pilots who come down the modular route are somehow substandard, poorly trained and 'starry eyed' gamblers"
I never quite undertood the last bit from re-heat or whoever said it-even though I did ask the person to explain the contradiction. Surely the least starry-eyed and the least gambling IS the person who went part time, hence having less debt and a secure job until they finished training. AND surely the starry-eyed wannabe IS the integrated cadet who put their parent's semi on the line?