Originally Posted by
Flyboy1987
No way they would have been up front after initial training.
But if that is the case as you think, let’s call up all airlines and tell them their minimums can be a bare cpl from now on.
You might want to check the actual minimums of actual Australian airlines because almost all only require a CPL.. All of them apart from Tigerair have had cadet programs running at one stage or another.
A proper cadet training program is designed specifically to put a trainee in the right hand seat of a jet or turboprop after initial training. This isn't like a typical flying school, it is more structured and training to a more specific standard and the end product will be different. If you aren't up to scratch during the course you won't get many opportunities to continue, you'll get shown the door.
In fact it wouldn't be uncommon for a trainee who struggles on a cadetship, but who has enthusiasm and desire to be told to do a couple of years in GA and then to reapply direct entry. But for the majority of cadet graduates they successfully move into their airlines after training, and have long careers.