pakythepilot
17th Oct 2012, 19:29
Guys, I'm deciding where I can attend my modular flight training and my choise is beetween two countries in Europe and I'm going to explain why I have choosen these countries in particulary. I know that the find-a-job situation is awful wherever you go, but I am thinking to establish my-self in a country where the economical situation is still strong, and thanks for that perhaps, there could be more opportunities to start a propeller fly job. After a lots of research, I figured out that the countries which well suite for what I'm looking forward are UK and Switzerland. I'm going to explain the scenarios which with I am facing to:
Uk: High quality and velocity of training progression, quite affordable price. In the UK modular flight schools there aren't any formal connection with airlines, but if you demostrate to be an outstanding pilot or better to say you are a guy with the passion and the skills to be a good pilot, maybe you can create some connections during your training or after knowing "the right person" or doing for example flight dispatch or cabin crew job, which they could brings you to land in a fly job. The flight schools in which I'm thinking to train are PAT and BFCT.
Switzerland: A good flight school where I'm thinking to train in this country is the Horizon Swiss Flight Academy. From what I can see they are a overall good set up, maybe the best modular flight school in switzerland, and they train their student on the fantastic diamond aircrafts. Also, they have a good partnership with Helvetic Airways, that it takes the majority of their pilots from horizon, and other airlines and executive companies, infact the most of their instructors are full pilot of helvetic. If you would like to train with them, you must go under an assessment from what you can know if you have the right aptitude and knowledge to become a professional pilot as oxford and CTC use to do before to accept their cadet. But the training price is more expensive than the common price you can find in uk.
Now the fact that the horizon offers more opportunity to get an employment rather than the usual and the only ryanair, just doing the training with them, it could be a useful choise comparate with uk. But my doubt is that the german language could be a trouble and make my-self not eligible to be an employer of the horizon's partners. Thus, if I can't get these "benefits" because I'm not a german speaker, there's no point to spend more money than uk and use that money for funding something else after my license. I have to admit that this decision is making me crazy. I asked to horizon CEO if german would be a problem and his answer was "not really". But I can't figure out if he has answered in this way, because it's really not a problem to get employed without speaking in germany, or because he has understood what I would like to hear and he is just trying to take my money. SO WHAT IS THE BEST DECISION TO TAKE??
I'm asking you guys, if you have direct experience with the switzerland market, and you don't really need to speak german to work in a switzerland company, or any other kind of advice regarding my decision. Thanks in advance for any further response.
Uk: High quality and velocity of training progression, quite affordable price. In the UK modular flight schools there aren't any formal connection with airlines, but if you demostrate to be an outstanding pilot or better to say you are a guy with the passion and the skills to be a good pilot, maybe you can create some connections during your training or after knowing "the right person" or doing for example flight dispatch or cabin crew job, which they could brings you to land in a fly job. The flight schools in which I'm thinking to train are PAT and BFCT.
Switzerland: A good flight school where I'm thinking to train in this country is the Horizon Swiss Flight Academy. From what I can see they are a overall good set up, maybe the best modular flight school in switzerland, and they train their student on the fantastic diamond aircrafts. Also, they have a good partnership with Helvetic Airways, that it takes the majority of their pilots from horizon, and other airlines and executive companies, infact the most of their instructors are full pilot of helvetic. If you would like to train with them, you must go under an assessment from what you can know if you have the right aptitude and knowledge to become a professional pilot as oxford and CTC use to do before to accept their cadet. But the training price is more expensive than the common price you can find in uk.
Now the fact that the horizon offers more opportunity to get an employment rather than the usual and the only ryanair, just doing the training with them, it could be a useful choise comparate with uk. But my doubt is that the german language could be a trouble and make my-self not eligible to be an employer of the horizon's partners. Thus, if I can't get these "benefits" because I'm not a german speaker, there's no point to spend more money than uk and use that money for funding something else after my license. I have to admit that this decision is making me crazy. I asked to horizon CEO if german would be a problem and his answer was "not really". But I can't figure out if he has answered in this way, because it's really not a problem to get employed without speaking in germany, or because he has understood what I would like to hear and he is just trying to take my money. SO WHAT IS THE BEST DECISION TO TAKE??
I'm asking you guys, if you have direct experience with the switzerland market, and you don't really need to speak german to work in a switzerland company, or any other kind of advice regarding my decision. Thanks in advance for any further response.