Litany of lies (well sorta)
No im not a 737 driver..
No i dont work in the tower
Yes i have had realtions with massey university
Yes I fell victim to the bait. A licence that every operator in the business requires and the added bonus of a degree. Yes u may say u dont need the ATPL subjects that are part and parcel but if ur like me u enjoy all the aviation knowledge u can get.
Hook line and sinker, i happily enrolled and embarked on the massey roller coaster ride of my life along with 20 other trainees. (of these very few remained at the final stages of the course). The effectiveness of the in depth selection process is somewhat ridiculed if u ask me and is it not a blatant attempt at securing governent funds by pretenting to screen applicants??
One of the funny stories i heard after i had enrolled was that an airline in asia will be needing some of the fresh graduates. Ha Ha. what ever..Propaganda gone wild.
I snubbed my local aeroclub infavour of the loans. I thought to myself the government wouldnt lend me 70k if they werent going to get the money back would they? Well yes they have and the opportunities of earning a living sufficient of re paying my loan are non existent at present.
This is not Masseys fault but more over is a systemic failing of all parties associated with the administration of both training providers/ education institutes financial resources.
Massey and the other training organisation involved with aviation are making the most of what they are being offered by the ill equiped government agencies responsible for the issue of student loans.
Before i get side tracked, i do have a bone to pick with massey and it's training. While the theory presentation ie the asl exam equivalents is tremendous,the flying instruction seems to lack a crucial ingredient.
I heard the word "airmanship" bantered earlier and agree with this finding. Airmanship is not learned overnight so how do u propose a masseystudent to learn the concept?? Experienced instructors and the old boys out the back in the hangar could contribute, but what is wrong socialisng and learning from the knowlegable folk once we have a license. Anyone can read past anecdotes and gain some form of appreciation. I personally think that airmaship is spawned from charasmatic CFI's. Is massey lacking one of these?????????
I find some of the claims of unsafe piloting quite believable and would like to hear more of anyones experiences with massey pilots. The blame for this must be shouldered by the instructors but also flight examiners who issue the licences. I know i wouldnt want to be up in the air with those kind of pilots.
If u read it earlier,only a small proportion of students under going instruction actually graduate and and recieve the CPL. So rest assured a large number of these dangerous unsafe pilots wont ever work in the industry and are unlikely to continue flying when its no longer paid for by aunty Helen.
I think the only way to judge an organisation is to ask the customers ie the student how they feel. Any ex students are encouraged to msg me as there are certain difficulties we are currently experiencing and i would like to hear if this went on previously.
One thing that is for sure is that Massey is taking a hard look at itself with the closure of the Ardmore operation and hopefully the consolidation pays off.
Kind donations of flying jobs or money are kindly accepted by the author who is considering changing his name to avoid his debt..