Originally Posted by
Bugsy1
ADF & REX (ignore the garbage bonfire commonly referred to as (Qantas Pilot Academy)) are the first choice for many aspiring pilots especially those fresh out of their high schooling years. With that high volume of applicants you can expect that only the creme-de-la-creme REX picks to join the program, from a very very large pool of applicants. All the applicants are ranked based on a number of different aspects before the initial interviews are even held, so with hundreds of applicants fighting over 8-12 positions you can see where it becomes a matter of a lot of disappointed applicants.
I finish Grade 12 this year and REX require your ATAR/results which aren’t released until December. Ideally I want to be flying asap and full time which I can’t do until after I’m finished school. I’ve already submitted an early application to QGPA (purely to keep my options open), but I’m worried the REX application will either take too long or I won’t cut it.
The flying school at my local airport can take me right the way through to CPL at my own pace without the diploma fee help garbage and it’s just pay as you go.
These three options are the only ones that make sense for me since practical in terms of relocation and finance but I seriously can’t decide because they all have their pros and cons, keeping in mind the end goal is to be an airline pilot.