There is no doubt that CIA was mismanaged from the start. They started during a period of pilot shortages that had not been seen for 10 years, and never seen before in Asia. The basic idea is sound, train a qualified student to acheive the profeciency to fly copilot. But MP and the rest did not understand how to run a training program. They mismanaged almost every part of the program. The one part that I thought was well run was the ground instruction. They started off with a cheap campus (Wagner High School on Clark), Cebu Pacific payed for the A320 sim, and had access to cheap labor and cheap cost of living for instructors. But when you spend your money paying your friends a large salary, and on new SUV's and drivers, put ads up in the local Go-Go bars (not that alot of captains would argue if some of the girls made the program), bought aircraft that had never been used in the RP before at a very high price (probaly consulted the AFP procurment manager on how to get a big payday) and numerous other irregularities. Plus 5J started using ATR's. How do you take a MPL and put him/her in a A320 over other pilots already flying looking for an upgrade? The current attempt to change to a CPL program may work, however there is alot of negative publicity that needs to be overcome. But people should realize the current managers of CIA are not the ones that created this mess, they are working hard to try and make things work. Unfortunitly it is a hard time to do this with the current recession. It does not matter if you like the MPL program, the airlines will go for it because it gives them access to a group of pilots that have incurred a large debt and need to work. It will decrease pilot costs, and that is why they are doing it.