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Old 26th Jan 2012, 11:38
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Scott C
 
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Flybe has an Apprentice scheme which offers a guaranteed job to those who complete the course (note the words carefully) but I don't know if it is fully taken up, or how it is faring as Flybe feels the financial pinch bite home.
I applied for this scheme a couple of years ago and was then asked to go to Exeter College for an interview (Which is 180miles from where I live) to be told that it was an unpaid apprenticeship, so i'd have to find a fair amount of money to live down in Exeter for 4 years.

As it wasn't a university course, I couldn't get any money from Student finance and my family didn't have the money to pay for my accommodation. I could have tried to get a part time job, but it wouldn't have been enough.

Therefore, the apprenticeship was only good for those living in or near to Exeter, or could afford to move there for 4 years without an income.
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