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Old 25th September 2023 | 22:16
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Sh1mmyDamper
 
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This may sound a bit discouraging, but it is the reality nowadays. (Especially in Europe).

Most fATPL holders who just graduated from flight school will not get a job in the nearest future. Of course, there will always be someone (maybe 5 %) who gets an airline job relatively quickly by luck and being at the right place at the right time, (and these few pilots are the ones flight schools promote and use as evidence in terms of the "pilot shortage")... However the remaining 95 % will end up working typically in a store or as a ground handler with 120k euros in debt.
You have airlines such as RYR where you will have to pay for the type rating yourself, whossh another 30k euros out of the window.
It also seems like more and more airlines are starting their own cadet-programs.

I wouldn't spend 120 000 euros on an integrated flight school unless I was guaranteed a job afterwards, or if it was government sponsored.

But.. If it really is your dream, go for it! YOLO
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