herniair,
It could be equally argued that the value to the consumer is very much greater over here, especially in the UK.
You view is, understandably, short term, something I mentioned earlier on this thread.
After paying all that money though you face job prospects and income inconceivable to those native to and training in the 'cheap' countries you all love talking about.
Whether America, South Africa, Australia or the latest place for a cheap licence or hour building the locals will be generally polite but utterly dumbfounded at just how many thousands of hours they will have to knock up in instructing, GA and with third level operators before they are even employable in an aircraft type that you and other wannabees here expect to start flying in your very first job.
The system you decry so much lags but is a reponse to the market for pilots. The market in America is changing as well with lower hour requirements for regional jobs. However, let's be perfectly blunt about this, the last time 200 hour civilian pilots went straight onto airline jet equipment in the States was in 1966/7 due a lttle disagreement in Indo-China.
Pilots elsewhere in the world pay their 'dues' over a very long period before they get jobs that pay well.
The direct opposite is true here. In world terms, high earning jobs on advanced equipment at the very start of your careers. The rest of the world looks at it this way: you've
bought between 4 and 10 years of struggling through their post licence issue systems.
Overall UK wannabees actually work their way through what is easily, in the medium and long term, the cheapest system in the world.
Discuss:
Regards from the Towers
Rob Lloyd
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