When this poverty-stricken nonsense of contractorised EFTS first started in the UK, a very senior ex-Bulldog A1 QFI applied for a post with them. On his 'check flight', he had to take control from the company pilot who was supposed to be demonstrating how to teach formation, to show how it should be taught.
Another experienced ex-QFI joined the company, only to find that the payscales they'd indicated were for one or two 'flight commanders' - everyone else received nothing like the amount stated. He soon left.
Guidance has always been that any company, which assumes that their salary offer is based on the applicant already having a service pension, should be avoided like the plague.
With the Power of PPRuNe, it won't be difficult for those companies which offer derisory salaries to be identified and 'blacklisted' on the old mates network.
Incidentally, I once asked the MD of a well-known and highly respected civil training outfit how many ex-military QFIs he had applying for instructor jobs with him. "None for years", was his reply, "They all go to the airlines"....
Under the nonsense of MFTS, at least all prospective instructors will have to meet CFS standards. Although CFS insist that their standards will remain as high as ever, I wonder just how much pressure would be placed on them from on high if they kept failing aspirant MFTS instructors?