...cringe
Greetings,
I rarely post anything on this but I thought I'd offer my view. I'm a CTC cadet.
Taking a positive view.... I will have completed my training to a high standard, in a short period of time.
However, the right hand jet seat is being pulled out from behind us as the cost burden on the trainee increases.
With 20/20 hindsight, I'd have carried on in my old job, done the modular route of hour building etc, kept working until the last moment before doing my IR and then apply to a turbo prop operator.
I know, it's not a jet and I'd likely have to fork out for a type rating there too but I'd still save a huge amount of cash. Besides, UK turbo prop operators are really competitive now in the domestic flight market.
There are all sorts of views etc being posted here, mine's just one of them and I'm not blaming CTC, but to all the people who are reading this and are thinking about applying (to any FTO for a full time course), all things considered, I wouldn't.