Cliff Secord,
I wouldn't say they are wasting their time at Oxford/CAE. I'm sure there are many decent graduate pilots there, along with the many other reputable training organisations both modular and integrated. My comments were more along the lines of the fact that clever marketing has made the CAE/Oxford product a somewhat desired commodity for some airlines. It follows that if there are other airlines believing that they are getting a better pilot then a choice opens up for the graduate. Aurigny...Dornier228, 25K type rating followed by 24k per year. It would be interesting to see how many Oxford/CAE bods Aurigny can attract with their spectacular opportunity!