Aussie pilots can finally relax... well new ones atleast
Apparently student loan funding is going to no longer be available for student pilots in NZ as of 2012. With all funding for 2011 students having to atleast complete a diploma course in aviation. A final word will be made in March next year, but it looks like NZ will no longer be spitting out pilots faster than the All Blacks can score against the wallabies.
Supposedly the government is trying to look at larger airlines offering cadetships or footing some of the bill for what is essentially free training for most of them.
But is all water cooler gossip at the moment... but we'll see...