CTC wings (the training provide for easyjet) came to Australia 2 weeks ago for an open night for the Jetstar Pilot cadetship.
The CEO of CTC was talking to us and was saying absolute bull!!!!. Some of my favourites were
"If you become an airline pilot you will be able to afford 2 holiday houses a nice car".
"After a few years you will get a 6 digit salary".
"It will only take a few years to become a captain"
"There is no other way of becoming an airline pilot unless you do a cadetship"
But luckily, a Qantas 747 captain (who was at the open night with his son) absolutely drilled the CEO with questions about the pay for cadets and the recent incident where a Jetstar cadet did some dangerous approach and had to do a go around. I reckon 9 out of 10 people at the open night were absolutely disgusted with the pay. $50,000 AUD before tax and before a $180,000 training loan paid off over 6 years.
Im pretty worried about the 1 in 10 who thought it was reasonable to be paid $50,000
i know what airline i wont be flying with next...