They advise you to take annual leave from your job, which is what most people do. After successful completion of ground school you are placed on a hold file and as positions become available you are offered employment. I believe the longest anyone has been on the hold file is 8 months, average seems to be a couple of months. The ground school is unpaid but you do get paid a meal allowance at the end of the ground school.
Last edited by hb78; 25th Nov 2008 at 22:42.
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