Am I right in thinking, as used to be the case with MPL, that the licence is tied to the airline that you're doing the training with.
So, in a purely hypothetical situation, what happens to the chosen 10 if a) virgin go belly up (lets really hope not) or b) Delta buy out the VS stake?
I'd give an arm to fly.. I'm no youngster (35) and have seen enough of the world and the industry to want to get involved, but the sheer scale of that sort of investment with no guarantee of seeing it back would terrify me - even without a 2 year old and a mortgage, especially if your licence is rendered useless because you no longer have a partner airline..
(it might have all changed since I was involved with it, so if thats the case.. disregard!)