With regards to Airline Cadets, by the way, the whole employment process is monitored from interview and selection through to Type Rating and LPC/OPC. Therefore, anyone of these guys can be chopped for non performance at anytime.
Exactamundo - From what I recall only a few of the initial Hamble entrants passed through their course onto the airline now known as BA - guys were often chopped. Tough and exacting standards, NOT cash, were required.
The benefit of this has filtered down to us today in the form of some of the better Captains in the world and a good comparable safety environment. It can hardly be said that the PTF/contractor culture will contribute to the future of our industry in the same way.
