It's confirmed. No more hiring for Airbus F/O for 2009 fiscal year. Even this current batch of trainees in the sim are unsure as to when they will start actual line training since there is a surplus of F/Os at this time.
Wowee this is a long thread on Clark, any more updates on this lot?
I heard that only the first batch will be finishing this year '09, am here in the Philippines and was talking with them on Hot air balloon day - going to go down and have a look around their facilities next week and ask a lot of questions:
I'll look through this thread first, and if anyone wants any specifics answered at this stage jot them down and ill print them all out to ask personally and report back here.
Sorry for bringing up an old thread but might aswell keep it all in one place.
So they have no where to go but Cebu Pacific? There are already so many people pissed as hell with the idea of sitting them directly to the right seat of the 320...it's going to break the growth chain of a lot of pilots. The essence of "paying your dues" does not exist in bupak if they go direct to the 320 thus causing a lot of negative emotions within the line.I would hate to go to work knowing that a lot of people there hates me. On the other side after spending so much money and only left with one option (Cebu Pacific) makes this MPL scheme kind of not worthit. Damned if they do, damned if they don't!
A certain retired PAL Captain who is now working as a consultant for the CAAP is stalling the MPL approval of Clark Aviation. He used to be the Chief Flight Instructor of CA back in 2007 but management was not happy with the way he was running the training program. Ironically He was not happy with management so one day he left and never came back.
The sooner MPL is approved by CAAP, the sooner these cadets will move on to the next step in their aviation career. Sadly though its not really all that well with aviation given that the Global financial crisis is still in effect. Even 5J is not spared.
"I would hate to go to work knowing that a lot of people there hates me"
well this job is not for you! where in the world can you find a job where everyone likes you anyway? WELL THEN WAKE UP THIS IS REALITY YOU CANNOT PLEASE EVERYBODY work is boring if everyone likes you give yourself a challenge you dont work for them just prove to yourself you're worth it .. mpl's still got a lot to prove. we'll just wait and see.
I never said everybody has to like you but at least lessen the ones that hate you.This applies to any job in any market, not just flying. A good working environment makes your life a lot easier. I don't question the methods or style of the MPL way, I merely pointed out how they will get in line. Secondly, I'm enjoying my job a lot...thank you very much.
The sooner MPL is approved by CAAP, the sooner these cadets will move on to the next step in their aviation career. Sadly though its not really all that well with aviation given that the Global financial crisis is still in effect. Even 5J is not spared.
I thought MPL was approved by CAAP last year...??? thats what i was told when i joined sometime at the beggining of last year... can you clarify.....
this is sooooo amazing. this can only help to prove whether MPL really and does work so a development like this is always welcome.
they claim to be asia's first MPL? because Alteon was just "beta testing". by the way, and my apologies for inserting a different topic, but does anyone have any word/ link on how Alteon's graduates are doing now?
How come the MPL program chooses the A-320 or a B-737NG for the trainee's type rating?
Maybe the others in this forum can correct me if i am wrong but i see no safety or training issue with doing an MPL directed towards the bigger jets or the other narrow bodies. In theory, it should be possible to do that.
Choosing the A320 or the B737NG i think is more of an economics decision: the cost of doing base training TAGS on a B777 (as what another Asian airline was said to be contemplating) or an A340 would be prohibitive! Until the Civil Aviation Authorities allow the TAGS to be done on the simulators (not gonna happen in the near future, i guess), i think most MPL programs will be done using the narrow body jets.
then among the narrow bodies, it just comes down to which aircraft types being flown right now has the most number -- likely the A320 and B737NG.
My own question is this -- would the MPL make sense for the small regional and business jets? Or why not extend it to the increasingly popular turboprops like ATRs, Dorniers, Embraers, etc., for which most airlines take in low hour pilots anyway....
Damned if they do, damned if they don't!
.. mpl's still got a lot to prove. we'll just wait and see.
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