People will accept this "internship" though. With open arms.
Just look at the vitriol directed at Jet2.com when they advertised, what to me as an experienced pilot, seemed a fair route into a jet aircraft in 18 months time as an "apprentice pilot".
What they didn't realise was that the course should last 18 minutes, not 18 months, in order to satisfy the lust of today's wannabes.
SIC "internships" are clearly the way forward.
It keeps getting worse.