Lolo,
the scary thing is that I don't think students were given the full picture and were probably told that the MPL is greta blah blah blah.
YES! The MPL is 'probably' the course of the future because this training scheme can supply the deman for pilots within a year compared to 2 years with an fATPL+TR.
But that is that the MPL will ONLY be airline specific.
All you need to do is make a quick phonecall to Air Philippines, Asian Spirit, and |PAL and ask the HR department whether (if there was a need for pilots) would they consider an MPL license? Their answer would be no.
I hope ALL cadets not affiliated with Cebu Pacific were made aware of this.
Lolo are you a cadet there?