Topslide,
Sorry but as a generalisation, that's horse**** of the highest order. Sure, there are several hundred no doubt whose sanity can rightly be questionned who DID start training during this downturn.
But what about the others who just happened to be IN training when the Maelstrom struck? People like me, who commenced training in probably the best ever environment for recruitment of low hour pilots and finished right in the thick of it? Bear in mind my former/current career is in the city with probably the one single organisation that you'd bet seeing this coming and WE didn't see it at the time I started training.
Don't get me wrong, I haven't stooped to join these schemes, but a catch all statement implying that all who HAVE signed up must have started their training in the current economic environment is plain daft.