Herc798,
Luckily we don't have to trudge off to NZ, they have the deference to fly us out there (in Emirates, I think). Economy class though, so no shower – pity. The groundschool is now done in the UK before heading off to NZ, so we stay there less than a year, around 8 months. EZY has started knocking at CTC's door again as they profusely need FO's, so time in the pool will reduce drammatically. This is great news for those who graduated in the last two years, and probably for all wannabes. Also, I believe the money towards TR to be in the region of 8K, certainly not 35K.
Having said that, I'd still go for the Flybe scheme. Problem is, competition is much, much tougher than at CTC, as with any scheme of this characteristics.
Fiveo,
£80k to fly a trash8 on £27kpa.
That's a bit unrespectful for all Flybe and Dash 8 pilots.