The HSC thing is a joke, just like the rest of mainlines screening process, over the next few years the minimums will drop and so will the requirements.
A mate of mine from school dropped out in Yr10...... he now flys a bus for a particular one star airline. Before you all jump up and down he did start with Oxley.... so that shows how long he has been in the system.
Dont think I am jealous about not working for the rat, I work 6 months a year, earn as much as a short haul captain, and have a life and friends outside of a cockpit that many of my mates who are in the roo club simply dont have.
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