Originally Posted by HF3000
Joker, you're pointing the finger at the wrong people.
The cadets are just taking opportunitities available to them.
Point the finger at the aviation industry management that is setting these poor young folk up and setting the scene for a low experience flight deck and all the dangers that poses to the innocent travelling public.
Sorry but can't agree.
A 5 second google search for "jetstar cadet scheme" gives you almost a page full of articles about the problems associated with the the Jestar scheme. Including this thread.
A further 10-15 minutes of research and anyone who is interested will become quite aware of how much debt they will be in and how much onestar will 'own' them. Also they will see countless reports from captains about how much they struggle under pressure (which should be expected) and links to the AF447 crash.
If they still decide to go with the scheme, is that the sort of person you want flying your family around? Someone who has knowingly chosen to reduce their future employment prospects, and chosen to be put into dangerous situations they are not ready for and potentially cost lives.
I certainly don't.
The only other person would be someone who has done absolutely no research into the scheme other than the shiny brochure.
Does that sound like someone that should be in charge, potentially alone, of a 180 seat hunk of metal hurtling through the air at 80% the speed of sound?
Doesn't to me.