Agreed Desk-Pilot, but there is nothing that we can do about any of it all. The only thing we can do is hope that they will need 500+ pilots in the next couple of years and drop that requirement.
I understand the financial argument, but still, if one works for an airline already and has logged considerable hours -- surely the investment will pay for itself in the long run. Especially considering that few actually pass round one of assessment.
To make yourself eligible for assessment now you have to go and fly for peanuts somewhere and pay for your own rating, because all the other outfits there won't take you otherwise.
