Originally Posted by
vrb03kt
Aer Lingus have a cadet/non type rated salary for the first 2 (I believe) years. The trend these days is that you will pay for it, somehow. It might not be as ludicrous as 30k upfront, but you are paying for it.
If you join as a direct entry non type rated (fatpl) you will
only spend 1 year on the cadet salary that you mentioned. During which you will have a comparable salary to that of FR’s bond (but you don’t pay 5k upfront) and as I previously mentioned your salary is not as heavily dependent on hours flown as FR.
But you certainly wouldn’t be paying them back 30k in a reduction in salary as you hinted.
On the second year your salary will increase considerably. So I hope this clears the air.
FR’s latest bond offer is a step in the right direction but it could be better.