Merged: REX to employ Cadets
Well it's official,
Friday's Australian (Aviation section) Regional Express Airlines are seeking suitably motivated individuals for it's upcoming "Cadet" Program.
Evidently REX will be paying half the training cost for the sucessful applicants!
Lots of questions...
How much return of service required?
How will these individuals qualify for command?
Who will be left to line train them?
Can they be sucessfully line trained under the current Check and Training system?
Given the fact that Qantas are ramping up their own cadet program, (correct me if I'm wrong, but 500 new S/O's required over the next 3 years!) how will REX compete with the RAT for applicants?
Does REX know of the failure of this system at Skippers? And the trouble they are in now!
Does REX know of the failure of this system at Airlink? And the trouble they are in now!
With the cost of an intergrated CPL course with Multi-Engine instrument rating costing what?.... $80K? REX are now prepared to subsidise individuals who have so far contributed absolutely nothing to this industry, up to $40K!
Perhaps this money may be better spent on initiatives to retain the last of the experienced crews?
What! Improve T&C's? "We can't do that! It will send us broke"
What an insult!