luke and tom
"...there are still hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of capable pilots out there with ATPLs, waiting patiently while they batter away in C152s or turboprops if they're lucky, all of whom would love jet jobs, without re-introducing these ridiculous sponsorships and the artificial imbalance in the job market that they create."
Luke,
whilst I agree with some of your sentiment, you have to face facts. Big airlines do like to pre select their inexperienced pilots. This fact will most likely never change. I work for a large UK charter airline and have attended a few wannabee shows myself. Both as a wannabee and as a company representative.
My chief pilot reminded me about three years ago that not everyone is suitable for our airline. He added that he would probably only be interested in talking to a small percentage of people at the conference. In fact, most of these people already had jobs.... his meaning was that he would like to see some training history and an audit trail..... to reduce risk.
The industry has always worked this way, and it most likely will not change now.
As for BA starting recruiting, I think it is good news, however I would not be optimistic that any wannabees will get in. They will be looking for certain things like I have just mentioned.
As far as cadetships go.... I think they have gone for ever in the old BA style. You may find that BA join up with someone like CTC in future. They do speak to each other you know!
I don't like to sound downbeat, but I really don't think a lot has changed for the wannabees. You cannot afford to not try your butts off to get any kind of flying. Only the ones who really want it will get it..... the industry has always been that way. Unfortunately.
Tom,
I understand your frustrations, but you should look at how your last post came across.... poor CRM at the very least. I, like you had all the sh1t to deal with. Like mortgages. However, just as you have no interest in hearing about sponsorship whingers.... I bet they don't want to hear about your mortgage. Unfortunately.
