Originally Posted by
Boyhooddreamer
Hey James,
I understand that you can only comment on your experience, but I have a few questions,
1- CAE used to be considered one of the top places to go get your licenses. You mentioned it was around 28ish to employment. What do you think dragged the course out that long. Groupo one air thinks they could it in 18 months and includes a type rating for 125K Euros. I am trying to understand if my impatient thoughts could with stand an extra year. I understand you always want to add a little bit of "fat" to their time frames but was any of it lets say controllable.
https://www.grupooneair.com/commerci...dgqb#timelines
2- Leading edge was my second choice but currently their costs are 117K Euros with out Type rating. Is there any recommendation on other schools.
Thank you
https://leadingedgeaviation.com/leap...raining-spain/
I think CAE is now realistically around 26 months.
On option 1 you mentioned, 18 months is an ideal situation, all school will have some delays, and even if it's really 18 months, you need to take into account the time to look for a job, interview, holding pool while waiting for type rating course and base training, induction, you'll probably ended up about the same or more timeframe but more costly.
For option 2, from my discussion with LE students, their flight training also delayed and most didn't finished within the quoted 18 months, even if they finish on time, similar situation with option 1, LE might be a bit better as there are many airlines tagging the student during the course. But be aware of the financial risk, LE financial statement in companies house is a bit worrying to say the least.
Good alternative to CAE is FTE Jerez, their timeline more reliable i heard, but also more costly vs option 1, but not vs option 2.