Originally Posted by
BuzzBox
The Qantas Group Pilot Academy FAQs state:
That seems quite different to the current Virgin scheme, where, if I'm not mistaken, cadets are paid a salary during the course, are 'guaranteed' a job if they pass, and are then bonded to the airline for a period of three years.
Have I got that right?
With previous cadetships, jobs weren’t “guaranteed” but it was assumed that if you passed the course to a high standard, didn’t prove yourself to be a knob on the course and the company was recruiting when you graduated that you would be would be on hold for a start date.
With this new program it’s quite vague. There’s little concrete info about what happens on completion of the program. As the first course won’t graduate until the end of next year they still have time to define a more accurate pathway regarding what happens upon graduation.