turbine100
1. Yes, down to ADL for training. Dependant on experience, 12 week to 15 month course.
2. Correct. No housing allowance.
3. Correct again.
4. As an S/O, your get what is known as a "P2X" rating. Cruise pilot (>20,000') only. Conversion course, but no circuits and landings in the actual aircraft. Only a fraction of your hours (1/3) as "P2X" count towards a higher licence.
With the serious difficulty CX is having filling the slots for international cadets, there is a very strong likelihood that CX will, once the pay negotiations have been ratified, start DEFO recruitment once again.
Any newbie caught in the icadet gannet-fest will very likely spend 4 - 6 (possibly longer) years making bunks and slipping deeper and deeper into the financial abyss...