CTC wings (the training provide for easyjet) came to Australia 2 weeks ago for an open night for the Jetstar Pilot cadetship.
The CEO of CTC was talking to us and was saying absolute bull****. Some of my favourites were
"If you become an airline pilot you will be able to afford 2 holiday houses a nice car".
"After a few years you will get a 6 digit salary".
"It will only take a few years to become a captain"
"There is no other way of becoming an airline pilot unless you do a cadetship"
But luckily, a Qantas 747 captain (who was at the open night with his son) absolutely drilled the CEO with questions about the pay for cadets and the recent incident where a Jetstar cadet did some dangerous approach and had to do a go around. I reckon 9 out of 10 people at the open night were absolutely disgusted with the pay. $50,000 AUD before tax and before a $180,000 training loan paid off over 6 years.
Im pretty worried about the 1 in 10 who thought it was reasonable to be paid $50,000
i know what airline i wont be flying with next...