Mr Bernoulli, "Hubris" had me reaching for my dictionary too ! Word does not exist in a number of well thumbed editions (Oxford, Odhams etc). "Hubristic" does though. Might be modern day yuckspeack got off the telly like the overuse of "pragmatic". A bit off thread but more, on thread, of course this silly scheme is designed to promote Balpa & BA and does absolutely nothing to address the problem of Ab initio Pilot Training. "Free" ??? Good grief. Age 18-55, bunch of really good "O" & "A" s , and, least we forget, £84000 UP FRONT ! On another thread, some chap called ETOPS reveals himself as one of the organisers of the scheme. Cheap publicity shot , guys, at the most vulnerable group in our profession; the "wanabees". Give them a honest break !