Good grief. I've never seen a CTC thread run this long without a slagging ever!! . .. .Anyway, just to answer the most common question ....Dosh. I went through the CTC (or ATP as it then was) scheme a couple of years ago. I have been flying RHS medium jets for 2 and a bit years now through them. What you get paid is upto the airline which takes you. Generally its a minimum of £600 per month (or it was 2 years ago) plus any flight allowances normally paid. However, my 'sponsor' company didn't arse about with that (and quite a few think like my company does). They took me on on full pay from day one.. .. .Also...what no one has mentioned...maybe cos its a secret I don't know. Your training does not finish on placement. CTC keep a close eye on you for 6 months, and require regular updates on your progress. At the end of each year, all CTC 'cadets' who have been placed in that year get invited back for an all paid for slap up dinner (even the hotel is included). And the 3 cadets who did the best get a wedge of dosh as a prize (I think it was £12k for the first prize and a little bit less for the next two).. .. .Anyway. I am over 2 years into my job. I started flying RHS in a jet with 250 hours. I just unfroze my ATPL recently, and in 1600 hrs of flying I have 1300 hours on jets.. .. .And yep, I do need to see a plastic surgeon to get the grin removed from my face.. .. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />