I agree with you twinkle toes. The cost of flight training in the UK is utterly ridiculous. Unfortunately, while people keep on paying the fee (and they will, there will always be the rich parents) then nothing will ever change - in fact, it can only get worse.
Is there actually any proof at all that FAA drivers are less safe than their JAA counterparts. Certainly, many US First Officers have far more hours under their belt and normally some sort of aviation related degree obtained at an aviation university. As far as i'm aware most US pilots qualify at uni, instruct to 1500hrs, and then get a job with a regional before progressing onto the bigger jets and airlines. With respect, OAT and the like require 5 GCSE's (there are 10 year olds that have this many GCSE's) to begin training before churning out pilots with 200hrs at almost triple the price of the FAA system. That to me makes a total mockery of the whole thing. To coin a phrase,'JAA sucks'.
