I agree. It would be nice to have an interview first. I was looking at the Gecat website to see the cost of training. £15000 inc VAT for the sim training, but then they say to budget for £5000-£7000 for the base training with an airline!! So now we are actually paying to fly for the airline still with no guarantee of a job!
You also must have an MCC. If you don't then there is another cost on top.
It is getting worse not better! Any comments?