Originally Posted by
goodonyamate
At the end of the day the cadet programs are here to stay. It’s all well and good to say that there are sudokus pilots in oz, expats home etc, but if the airlines want cadets, that’s what they’ll get. Remember recruitment is driven by some 20 something HR moron. If the flavour of the day is recruiting compliant pilots that they can mold into shape from day 1, then that’s what they’ll do. Being an expat, a redundant pilot or anything else is a guarantee of precisely zero.
Good in theory.
I know of one group of cadets, who on graduation joined the union as their first act as employees. The molded, compliant (as in gladly taking the pineapple) former cadet is simply a Management/HR wet dream.