Originally Posted by
gbotley
Just to add my two cents, my wait was nothing to do with the fact I was whitetail. The type rating wait was actually due to easyJet's specific requirement for French speakers for French bases. The majority of type rating courses between August and my start date in December were either easyJet ATPL cadets coming through the system who were pre-planned on that type rating course right back from their courses inception, or French speaking Whitetail cadets. This specific French speaking requirement has since ceased and the wait time from airline offer to type rating is now about two weeks in the case of my peers.
Whitetails cadets are currently facing 6 months delays.
Some cadets even had begun their VFR flight training and have been sent home for 6 months.