I certainly would not be worried about the Cat "A" guys causing any concerns in the near future. From what I hear it is taking up to 1.5 years to complete their OJT book. On top of that QF quality is taking 4/5 months to even look at the book. Add on that the tier 2 syllabus, has not even been approved by CASA and you are looking at a long time before any of them start signing a CRS.
As to paying for your own type course, I certainly have not got a problem with that, and have done so. Yes QAC has some grey areas when it comes to course content, but you get out of a study what you put in!!! If you look outside aviation there is not many companies that you get "paid to train" they want you trained and ready to go.
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