Kelpie,
He lost me several times, but this particularly got me:
Senator XENOPHON—In terms of the costs involved for an MPL licence compared with a traditional licence, is it much cheaper?
Mr Petteford—No, it is pretty similar. By the time you take all of the phases together and the aircraft base training, the 12 circuits—bearing in mind in Australia there is no requirement for base aircraft, where the MPL does require 12—it is about the same.
My understanding of the Alteon MPL Beta Trial here in Oz ballooned out to about 400 hours per head to meet the standard and the sim cost alone was probably more than a straight CPL... beware charlatans and snake oil salesmen!!!!!!!!!!
If I was negotiating, I guess he would be happy to sign up to a fixed price contract?
Oh, and on the "You can pretty much go from one to the other" comment, there will be some further illumination of the reality for the good senators
Stay Alive,