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I'm more than happy to work GA if the jobs are available. I certainly think there are benefits to going GA first, mostly in getting PIC hours up.
Anyway like ive said you seem set in your ways so good luck with it all. You seem to think the sun shines out of Jetstars program when all they really have is a commercial interest in you signing up with them and exploiting that.
I dont neccessarily disagree with you on that but that doesn't mean that the cadets get nothing out of it. Cadets simply have to balance what they get out of it and is it worth the lower salary/being exploited. Hundreds of thousands of apprentices around the world seem to think it is, why should aviation be any different?
SJS is still going strong.
Lets try and keep it above the belt aye. None of this is to do with SJS. Its all to do with what option works out best for me personally in the long term.