Do I want to be flown around by a low time wannabe with pockets of depth inversely proportional to flying skill
We're at risk of thread drift here, but this is a point that's been brought up repeatedly over time.
Why is it always assumed that those who have the most money and therefore the financial clout to get on these courses, have the least flying skill? Why do the two have to be linked?
I'm sure it's possible to be a good pilot who happens to be minted, and I'm sure the converse is equally true.
The sad thing is that in the past, in the days of the unsecured loan and the ability to get it sorted simply by scrawling a big shaky X on a few pieces of paper, this wouldn't even be a discussion point on this thread. One big selling point of the CTC scheme was that it was accessible to all, without having to put up security. No longer - as the credit dried up, the course price has also gone up!