A brief search on Jonathan Curd will reveal that he is not very respected. I am informed that the scheme he ran at EZ was binned due to the poor manner in which it was delivered and the quality of some of those he allowed through his selection. Apparently the selection was made on the financial ability and not a lot else.
The scheme then moved to BMi. His wife works there, go figure the rest.
Personally, if I had the money I wouldn't be feathering this despicable little mans pockets. He is a money grabber and a short search on the internet will reveal more.
As for P2F - its simply wrong, but aviation is not the only industry now running Pay to Work schemes - the London Metropolitan police are investigating a similar scheme and I believe many other industries are looking into the possibilities.
A worrying trend? Definitely.