Originally Posted by
dr dre
I was told once that only 1/3rd of all flying school CPL grads end up landing a permanent pilot job. Is that accurate? Don’t know, I would suspect more, but what I can say with certainty is 0% will end up in a major airline 6 months after graduation, vs 2/3rds coming out of the QGPA (and the rest maybe after a few years industry experience if they show the right attitude).
If anything it’s the proponents of ‘traditional’ flying schools who are selling wannabes a con.
Again, cite your sources.
"I was told" "Don't know" "I would suspect more"...
"0%" vs "2/3" Let's go with this one. Why can't you back it up?
I can say that "I have heard" from graduates that your 66% is closer to 8%, but I'm not claiming that to be a fact as it is anecdotal from people who did the course and told me they were cast into the big wide world at the end to compete with people who had followed a different path.
You are making a big assumption that all CPLs only want to go straight from flying school to the RHS of an airlline. Are you saying that pilots who choose to work in any other aspect of the industry have been "conned"?
Look, if the academy is delivering these numbers then that is great, but if they are placing 66% of grads straight into a RHS (which still leave 34% "unlucky" ones) then why aren't they publishing that? and instead using vague terms like "some"?