January 24, 2012, opening ceremony
Good to hear about a fresh batch of cadets starting at Alpha Aviation (rebranded Clark Aviation), unfortuneately a week prior to the celebration they wrote off another C172. The cadet managed to get himself out of the crumpled mess and is OK, however Clark Aviation have now lost three aircraft in the last 4 years, with just 2 C152's and 2 C172's left and no plans to replace, yet keep taking in more and more (tuition fees) Does this sound awfully familiar?
Assuming 1 aircraft is on the ground undergoing maintenance at any one time, Im not sure how 25-30 cadets on a flight line manage to share 3 aircraft and complete a program with an organisation that is notorious for taking tuition fees, promising the world and quite simply failing to deliver every time. I could have the maths wrong here but it looks like another training delay disaster looming at Clark. if you promise an airline x number of cadets in 1 year, what do you say to them 2 or 3 years later, as what happened with Clark Aviation (Alpha) and Cebu Pacific.
If there are cadets out there considerring Alpha, ask some very detailed questions about the training delivery schedule. Better still, check the reaction when you ask for some kind of reasonable financial penalty clause from Alpha if they dont deliver - just a normal, reasonable expectaion of completion. Remember its your money but watch the reaction you get.