Jetstar Cadetscam...ship
Right On Deadcut.
I've noticed being in the industry for a couple decades that as GA eroded over the years that Cadetships looked more appealing as GA jobs were fewer/far between with more supply of fresh CPL/MECIR pilots than ever.
Its a shame though that people are willing to take advantage of such passionate people (i.e. pay for endo's, no job commitment, lower than minimum wage) this mindset of new pilots thinking of themselve (and rightly so) combined with managers trying to cope in tougher times or improve their bottom line has ensured this race to the bottom and unfortunately its only going to get worse.
Despite the Cadet benefiting in the short term. Long term this will erode said pilot and does the industry no favors:
Type in "pilots on foodstamps" and you will see what the situation is heading towards!
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