There is NO guarantee that CTC will be able to place its students now or in the future and as for their support well, they can only give that support if there are positions to fill.
Will they renew your IR when it expires, give you time and retraining to keep up your skill levels ?
The OAA APP course offers all this as part of their skills net scheme, and they are now part of GECAT who have renamed themselves Oxford Aviation Academy.
FTE are linking with a couple of major companies and will soon offer the same as CTC to their Cadets.
The CTC Hype has been swallowed by all for several years while the industry was on the up post 9/11, now they have less to offer a prospective student.
Their holding pool will be overflowing soon and they cannot and financially will not be able to support everyone in it.
Also what about the Easyjet cadets who are coming back into the pool after their 6 months with Easy, qualified some experience and jobless.
Will CTC renew their LPC and OPC a year down the line ?
And there could be more 6 months from now !!
Cling to the hope that the upturn will be just around the corner, but will CTC place their more current students before those long term swimmers ? Probably providing there are places to fill !!
The SSTR is well established and CTC will find it hard to compete with this market, and must adapt quickly or remain behind the Integrated schools who are already far advanced in their planning for the long term.
For those in CTC training and holding pools, the bottom line is still profit not as they would make you believe the Cadet.
The moral of this post is Don't live in hope that CTC will come through for you, get proactive and seek that job yourself.
Dont expect that the first position will be in a nice comfortable jet !!! ANY Job is better than NONE.
As far as recruiting is concerned I would rather take an XL unemployed pilot especially those who can through OAA recently than a CTC cadet.
But I am not a recruitment manager yet.