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Old 17th March 2026 | 13:05
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Suffering_Cadet
 
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No problems!
Our class has a bit of a mix of students in it, so there wasn't a single date we were informed of going to Granada.

That being said, nothing is ever 'official' in CAE's eyes until you have been given your '4 week notice'. This is when they confirm your actual start date at a location.
We (and many other classes) have always challenged them on this, stating that 4 weeks is too late notice to arrange suitable accomdation and travel.
In particular, class mates who went to Pheonix definately had problems getting landlords to agree to hold properties until they got their 4 weeks notice. Because anything you do before that date (pay deposits, book non refundable plane tickets, etc) won't be reimbursed by CAE if things change.
It also means booking things kind of last minute, which guarantees you will pay more. We also pointed out that this is particularly unfair as they only reimburse a specific amount for travel.

Anyway, in terms of timeline. Yes, and no.
We're still about 5 weeks behind schedule at the moment, and even as of last week, CAE say they are unable to give us an 'ECD' (estimated completion date). Save for saying it might be end of April for some of the class, and into May for the rest of the class. They've said they aim to give us an ECD towards the end of this month once they have an idea of how the one class ahead of us (from the non UK based airline) do over the next couple of weeks.
They have said though that we will not be finishing by our original 27 week date. But beyond that, we're still in limbo.
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