Prob30 ..... I'd like to know where you got your info from. The general concensus of the seminars last week were that the propects of finding an airline job straight out of a school are good by no means good. The only people who are telling us its good are the schools.
The chances of you flying for a major airline on completion of any course are not impossible but are not good. Any wannabe that thinks its good should think again. The hardest job you'll get will be your first flying job and once your on the ladder it gets a little easier but by no means a doddle. Ask Capt PPRuNe. He spoke me/us at length the time, effort and route he went to get his first job and it shocked me to be quite honest. I not 'having a go' as it were but just trying to tell it like it is.
To follow on from CW point ..... i know what your getting at. OATS/Cabair/BAe/SFT are not the only schools which churn out frozen ATPLs. Have you heard of the one at East Midlands airport???? Niether have I but I bet there's one there! If people really shop around then you can get an ATPL for 30k. The idea that it won't be credable if you don't get it from OATS etc. is rubbish because a) they do the same course/exams/tests and b) future employers don't care where you did your training, just that you've done it. All they want to know is how many hours you've done and what you did doing them (i.e. licences). I am not saying don't go to these schools ..... if I had the money i'd go to one but if your a self sponsored person you can get so much more for your cash. Think about it and shop around.
All wannabes ...... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go to the next set of seminars run by PPRuNe (Sorry IFR .... your gonna need a stadium next time). You will learn so much about the realisitic ways the industry runs and not the "well i've got my licence now so where's my gold plated jet to go with it" idea.
Sorry to have come over a bit strong but this need to be said.
Autofly
[This message has been edited by Autofly (edited 17 June 2001).]