So you wouldn't take issue with the fact that the majority of intergrated students going through the big three are there only to support the infrastructure for the legacy carriers to put students through when they feel like it and the economic situation allows?
If airlines payed for the training I couldn't care less how its done. But its not. They are relying on 4-500 students per year to subsidise there method of training. TCX is knackard, BA was very nearly knackard over the strikes and may yet have problems with pax tax european downturn and the old pension pot, Monach again an old boys club with the big three but not recruiting.
Flybe yep they do but its all down to tax which its impossible to do with modular students. They did take modular for years.
I know the industry needs students to continue to go this route otherwise they will have serious problems when they require expansion or more pilots quickly.
But getting 300-400 people a year to sacrifice 70-80k just to subsidise 4 or 5 carriers prefered training method is immoral.