Allow me to apologise. I didn’t mean in my post that the thread should be finished. I was just making a point that for self-sponsored cadets, there is nothing more to say on the subject. But of course I would be very interested to see what happens to them in the next few months.
Lolo, do you know why there are not that many students posting here? Is Pprune a banned website in the college? Have students been told that if they divulge any information, they would be in serious trouble? Or is it simply a case that they prefer to stay focused on their training without the knowledge that their flight training is under huge scrutiny.
I must say though that I am very much disappointed and saddened at these turn of events and I hope that prospective cadets took some value from the posts I wrote for the last 3 months and really weighed up their risks. Unfortunately, I have been too late for the self sponsored cadets who walked blindly into this course. My personal opinion is that there is very little hope for them and let me educate people as to why:
Even if the self-sponsored MPL cadets have a few hundred thousand pesos left to get more training to fly GA and build hours, their only hope is still the Philippines where after 1500 hours ( a very long time in Philippine General Aviation) they are eligible to apply for PAL or Cebu. The 2 ab-intio scholarships in the world at present (Etihad and Cathay-both of which are currently closed) are reluctant to take on cadets who have already have a license – although it can happen but would you really want to do everything again for a year and a half? Other schemes around the world like KLM, Lufthansa, Singapore are only open to nationals.
Unless these self sponsored cadets are super rich, I honestly fear for them. I just hope that these guys had a back-up plan and were aware of the risks before they were brainwashed by the lovely advert in Manila Bulletin telling them they will be in an A320 within 12 months. I honestly hope they will be ok.