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They still have 4 more courses locked in from July. I know a youngster going for an interview next month. Would be very interested to hear from anyone who is on course at the moment.
Not on the course personally but a mate of mine is a Grade 2 instructor with FTA QLD (the company that actually does the training). The graduates are simply added to the QF talent pool once they complete the course with a CPL, CIR and ATPL passes. FTA gets their $120k+, Qantas gets the media of ‘training the future generation’ and all are happy. Apparently a lot of the QG01 students are saying they want direct entry after they finish but are “basically dreaming”.
That’s not to say it won’t be a leg up once they do go and get a GA job to build hours for a few years (especially now considering COVID), but it’s hardly a cadetship by any stretch of the imagination. Best tactic would be to treat it as a year-long job interview, do the very best you can, go and get those multi hours up and then try and get in through the talent pool.
FTA still trains other airline cadets from the academy too, currently a batch of IndiGo ones are going through. Overall it really is just a glorified FTA CPL VET-FEE course with an airline badge stamped on top. Will be interested to see in a few years time if the talent pool actually eventuates to anything.