Hello All,
Just got a brief contribution to make regarding the hold pool.
I was due to start training with CTC last year, but decided the risk was too great to secure the cost on my parents house. This pprune thread had a lot to do with it, but I was also shocked that the contract I received stated that APL could terminate the agreement if the cadet had been in the holding pool for more than 12 months.
Now, even when CTC were trying to be optimistic they said I could expect to be in the pool for about a year! So I found the fact that they could cut anyone loose after 12 months very worrying.
Laurent