i believe more than a few (17?) also went to airlingus, with the majority of other placements going to ezy. i understand the ezy placement are mostly summer contracts but i could be wrong. in general my impression is that ctc is still able to place cadets despite the economy turned sour, with the big difference from the past being a longer wait before you get your type rating, and seasonal contracts as opposed to year-round.
having said that i would recommend taking a serious look at other schools. ctc new zealand, where you'll spend the majority of your training, is in bad shape as we do not have enough instructors for the number of cadets. you will spend entire weeks waiting to be scheduled for a flight, then when you fly you are obviously not current and will need remedial flight, which usually entails a further 3/4 day delay as a meeting with a CFI is needed. result is your training will be mediocre because of lack of consistency and you will end up with a bill, sometime a hefty one, to pay for the additional flights. not only you get fairly bad training, the course itself takes longer than what ctc says. delays are currently running into at least 3/4 months - i.e. the 22 month course becomes 26 months at least. the 60/65k pounds that you think the course will cost will easily turn into 70/75k. those 4 months of delay will cost you interest (500 pounds/month) and lost salary (about 2000/month). in addition, many cadets end up paying 200/300 pounds for the additional training, but more than a few ended up with 2000 pounds bills. there are probably better schools out there
Last edited by crzcheck; 30th April 2009 at 04:26.