Bealzebub,
I generally agree with your comments.
However, dealing first hand with young guys who HAVE been sold a promise (in their eyes) to be left with huge debts is sometimes quite hard to stomach. Especially when it transpires that parents have remortgaged their home on the back of it all!
Seeing their buddies (who took the cheaper modular route) advancing as quickly or even sooner hits home hard when they are looking for another £xx,xxx.xx to fund a type rating when their 'dream' requires a different direction.
I appreciate that for every broken dream I hear about there are several successes....but a promise is a promise!
I think there are too many organisations happy to 'over promote' their links with specific airlines. The issue is simply what the candidate should expect; and the honest reality is that nothing can be certain.
For the difference in cost I would be looking for some guarantee! Maybe being Scottish my expectations are too high!