Depatrai in post #42 hits the nail on the head. What we have now are some people coming through the system to RHS of jet transport aircraft who would, had they gone the military or fully funded by the airline cadet scheme, failed the 'Biggin Hill' aptitude element, or failed to go solo, or having got to a course then got 'chopped' for failing to reach a minimum standard. All these failures, due to their access to money, are now, or will , one day, be sitting in the pilot's seat on an airliner and that is truly frightening, not to mention the additional load it places on the captain.
By the way, any bets this thread was started by the OP's father?
