Originally Posted by
Sir Korsky
Yes. There is no such thing as a free lunch. I admire your seemingly dated loyalty, but pilots are ten-a-penny and are treated as such. The motive here is purely building a foundation for the morons at Whitehall to believe Bristow is a favorable place to award big money government contracts to. Look deeper and you'll see the light through the cracks - but loyal people usually take it up the transmission for England don't they?
You are right, which is why cadets are bonded for 6 years on employment, during which they receive a reduced salary and, if they want leave within that period, are liable for a pro-rated repayment to the company.
I think the first sponsored course was in 1973, and this latest offering is the 61st one (pure ab-initio helicopter course, not including the FW conversion courses they also ran in the past) so nothing to do with Whitehall and contracts!