My son was the lucky one to get the job!.....or as it turned out the very unlucky one to have been selected by an unscrupulous organisation.........
He was given very little actual flight training, or proper coaching, and was even asked to continue signing on for job seekers allowance after starting the job! He was paid just £100 per week after being led to believe it would be £250 per week.......He was recently called in to sit an exam with no prior notice, and then told he had failed the exam and therefore no longer required! he had been told that this was just a basic first test paper, and that he could resit it if necessary. No explanation has been offered despite requesting this in writing!
He has also confirmed that very many prospective trainees being tested on a regular basis and all receive just 10 minutes flight time at a cost of £290 each....despite there supposedly being two trainee positions available, none have since been filled! This is a scam that nets this unscrupulous company an awful lot of money, whilst dashing the hopes of young vulnerable people.
Oh dear :-(
I wrote on the other thread (entitled 'senior Aviation / Austin Aviation') that this was a very dubious scheme.
I don't know how to link the other thread in this message, but if you scroll down the list of messages in this forum, you'll see the other posting where several comments have been made.
Reminds me of the dubious bogus modelling agencies, telling wannabe girls that they have a shot at modelling, so long as they paid extortionate fees for some photos and never get any work.
May I suggest that you contact the newspaper reporter who covered your son's story and make them aware of these postings on this forum and how they were 'used' by senior helicopters to bring a degree of legitimacy to this scheme by using a patsy reporter.
Perhaps 'trading standards' need to be informed too?
Sorry this happened to your son.