In addition to the new boys coming into the industry starting their careers with an enormous debt there is another problem. I was made redundant, and it is not inconceivable that I could become tangled in pay to fly scheme to keep my career going despite having been flying commercially for almost 15 years! Don't worry I wouldn't accept such an 'offer' but that might be the thing that scuppers my career as a pilot. It's a ridiculous situation. I resent the prospect of having to pay for another type rating having already paid for one. It's time that aviation invested in itself, and it's people, and it's future, and it's the lack of that which has lead it to where it is today in Britain.