Having issued that statement, and knowing several nice people who are engaged upon the scheme - its a pile of ****.
You're paying 50% above list price for a type rating. You're going to be O Leary's bitch for 6 months and then you're going to be shot in the head or told to sign up to Brookfield. Which is kind of the same thing.
Whilst FR are expanding, and they are for a good while yet, then its not such a bad deal.
I'd go with your first opinion WWW