Well..my next door neighbours Son has been accepted on this scheme. It will be interesting to see what the outcome of this will be with his parents stumping up the *dollars*. He is now packing his bags..I was hoping to do a lot more ILS/VOR approach practice simulations with him over the winter months..I guess I'll have to do them for myself again! You can't question his tenacity as he went to the USA to get his first step on the professional ladder...at considerable expense also. Please also consider that when a student comes out of university they have substantial debt, so maybe in the eyes of the aviation students..it is a debt worth having. We in this day and age, ( we, the society), encourage students to inccur debts for education. Us Oldies would turn in our graves at this thought..but times have changed.