In the past, CTC could pick the cream of the crop at the interview process because the funding was so easy to get. I sorted mine out over the phone while in the pub. I got an extension to my repayments while waiting for a type rating by popping into the branch and having a 20-second conversation with the account manager. It just doesn't happen like that any more. I know one guy who has passed CTC selection but is delaying his start while he scrapes together the funding and waits for his family to remortgage some property. Not everyone is going to be in a position to do that, and those that are might not want to, so logic would dictate that to maintain course numbers, the FTOs will have to extend their selection criteria.
I definitly agree wit that!