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Old 5th Jun 2008, 21:49
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Wee Weasley Welshman
 
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What happens when the only airlines willing to take CTC cadets are small and only pay low £20's for their FO's? After the tax and deductions and the £1,100 loan repayment the pay will result in £425 net.

Out of which you will have to provide food, shelter, clothing and consumables.

There CTC cadets who have joined BA after spending a short time in the airline the CTC placed them - to a man they are living with their parents and catching the bus to Heathrow.

At the moment its really not worth trying to be a pilot from a rational point of view. The training is expensive. The first job near impossible. The pay after loan repayment is crap. The job has no glamour. The aircraft demand no skill. The public will hate you. The green-leaning public will despise you. The hours are unsocial. The jet lag kills you. The cachet of being an airline pilot wears off real quick. Most people think you harm on the environment whilst taking chavs to ruin foreign countries.

I'd still never trade my job for a real one though..


Your call.


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