anyway I am sure we are going to go forwards and backwards as we usually do with you saying the only way to train is intergrated and me saying thats a load of rubbish.
No... I never say that. Firstly because it wouldn't be correct. The vast majority of wannabes will train using modular forms of training for a host of reasons, most of them financial! Secondly, because there is no such word. The word you are looking for is still
integrated.
I am simply telling it as it is. Others can find out for themselves. So many approach these forums with the idea that simply obtaining a CPL/IR is their passport to a fast track airline career. That market is very limited and very specific. The "steppping stone" route has always been an alternative but a much slower one usually. It has always (naturally) been a much more crowded one as well. However since the "non-approved" CPL/IR and its modern day equivalent, was reduced from 700 hours to 250 hours, it has become crowded to the point it resembles a refugee camp. Am I wrong? Well look at so many thousands of these threads. Ask the people who are in it.
An investment of
lots of money whatever those sums, is poorly consoled by the suggestion that you have bought "character, life experience," or any other such nonsense. Those attributes can be found for free in almost any walk of life. Spending £45,000 to have a shot at being a flying instructor, and then fighting for the second tier jobs in an even more oversubscribed market, may be the best shot for many applicants. Spending £85,000 for a shot at first tier work may be a better risk category for a few. The realities of what those risks are, as well as the reality of what is actually happening, is the information that is being proffered.
It doesn't matter what I like, or you like, or they like. It doesn't matter how you wish the world really was. It doesn't matter what is perceived as fair or unfair. It is what it is. For those thinking of buying into it, they should research very
very carefully, and have an idea of what they
really want, from their potential investment.