John S, shares and dividends?
The rumour mill in aviation is one of the best ever!
Agree a training department is obligeded to get people to the line, but easy has a very different candidate profile to BA for example. Would you like to compare the percentage of cadet pilot intake at easy to BA?
When in a training role it is important to embrace the quality and experience someone has to offer. If the majority have nothing to give other than the integ course then you have to plan on the lowest denominator.
So if an investment bank took on a graduate and an accomplished trader, would you disregard the experienced guys knowledge? Well you can't delete it so go for the one with no experience. And it's cheaper to boot. As I said, it's all about the money.