Of the 480 unsuccessful candidates, those who have completed an aviation degree course have wasted an awful lot of time and money, have missed out on lots of experience and hours, which also may have jeopardised their chances, and the degree providers are laughing all the way to the bank. It's all a bit of a gamble.
For information, Cathay Pacific Airways takes anyone for the ab initio course who has the above-mentioned HK Permanent ID Card, a pulse, English (of a sort), and a degree: in anything.
Someone I know spent years doing an aviation degree, flying out of airports in the SYD-MEL-BNE triangle, and wouldn't go 'up north'. He got interviewed when the majors were recruiting, and he is now... a school teacher.
Last edited by Captain Dart; 2nd July 2013 at 02:31.