confusion!!!
5th Pod, you've confused me. I think you have all their schemes mixed up, but I might be wrong:
- the 1500hrs + is direct entry
- 500 to 1500 hrs is the sponsored type rating
- 200 to 500 hrs is the CTC ATP Scheme where you contribute £6,000 but are sponsored for the rest, but delay employment for 6 months
- 0+ hrs is the sponsored cadet scheme
I'm pretty much out of my depth here, but it seems here to be generally accepted that if the company sponsor your ab-initio training and type rating then its reasonable to expect to enter the airline both bonded and on a lower salary than, say, a direct entrant. We’ve established that is no different than the BA/British Midland etc sponsorship schemes of the past.
So why is it outrageous for a low-experience person (<1500 hours so probably little or no airline experience) who's type rating is sponsored by the airline to enter bonded and on a lower salary than a more experienced direct entrant? Is it not exactly the same principal? The bonding is less (reflecting lower training costs?) and the salary greater than the cadet entrant's - seems fair enough. But why should someone who has only a few hundred hours expect the same treatment as a much more experienced person joining with 1000s of hours?
There is an alternative; work as a turbo-prop airline pilot on a much lower salary until you have the experience to get a direct entry contract. There are 1000s of pages on here telling people like me that is the normal route. Then along comes easyJet, lowers their minimum requirements from 1500 hrs to 500 hrs and provides an opportunity to people who would otherwise not be eligible to join them at that experience level and gets flamed on PPRuNe for their trouble.
Please don't flame me, I just want to understand what is winding everyone up so much, and at the moment I am honestly missing the point.