GW et al...
Are you asking about
a) Pay to fly
or
b) Low hours pilots?
The BA and Britannia cadet schemes did this in the past
Lufthansa has the Bremen flight school, FlyBe use a UK FTO.
I'm sure there are more...
The training syllabus is set for the ATPL course, I personally can't
see the difference between P2F and a ATPL Cadet starting.
Now, the ethical issue of offering x hrs (and taking money for it)
then on to the next low hours qualified pilot, may be dubious. However
the current economic climate is what it is and it's really Caveat Emptor
for anyone entering the profession.
So to answer your question, no I'm not worried given that the syllabus
is the same and it's not a shortcut to the cockpit. Reported incident rates
due to low hours pilots are not statistically variant. However, the ethical /
moral position is down to the individual.*
Personally I'd be more concerned by widespread adoption of the Multi crew
certification (the name eludes me at the moment), where the actual
training is cut down.
Regards
DaveA
* Accidents / incidents statistically are more likely to happen sometime after finishing training.
From teaching various types of diving I know that accidents tend to
happen at th 60-90 dive mark for open water and then for qualified Cave divers at the 40-50 mark.
I believe there is a similar hours zone for PPL holders, although I can't find a cite
Last edited by Diver_Dave; 6th Apr 2010 at 12:23.
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