Originally Posted by
parkfell
The “big 3” might open the door for the interview, but that is as far as it goes.
I would challenge the veracity of CADET 764 assertion in his final paragraph. Produce the evidence....
I definitely agree with what you've said Parkfell and do think that at the end of the day a good candidate is a good candidate and that in this market they should not have too hard a time finding a job, modular or integrated. As you have said though graduating from one of the Big 3 gives you the 'foot in the door' as it were, they won't get you the job but will get you an interview. I realise this is a massive oversimplification but just trying to illustrate the point I'm getting at: If a candidate had the skills and aptitude required to maybe get 1/5 jobs that he applied to, if that candidate was able to get 5 interview then he'd statistically be able to get a job, if he only managed to get 2 then it's statistically unlikely, so the fact that the schools can get you an interview is still a positive IMO. This I believe will most likely become more of an advantage if the market slows which looks more and more likely - Brexit, trade war and global economic uncertainty will be sure to cool off the current job market for newly qualified cadets.
Interested to hear more about the flying instructors being 'a bit hit and miss but good at what they do'
A lot of the instructors in the NZ flying 'base' are fairly fresh and many are not long out of flight school themselves, I haven't had that much exposure to flight side yet and bad experiences are second hand so might just be a case of someone whinging.