I do have some agreement with bealzebub if you consider the situation the cadets end up in at the operator he is employed by then - and this will go against the grain to most people - this type of training path to the career of Airline pilot can have the advantages as stated. I have friends who work for Monarch, and the feedback is of a generally happy bunch at a decent company that does hold empathy towards people.
And if the detail described in his astonishing post is accurate, and to my understanding it wouldnt surprise me, then the advantages are there for someone of the right stuff to make strides towards a very good career path in a very good company. However I still find the amounts of money obscene.
The problem comes when the cadet doesnt take the route (or doesnt know they are not actually on the route - or the route gets changed mid way) to a company who holds the levels of ideals towards people as this particular operator does.
The crux as stated is that this the very high percentage of those following this path will not end up in the situation as per BB's "astonishing post". It is obvious the ftos and certain operators are abusing their position. And that many inexperienced people are getting sucked in. It is absolute lunacy to connect this training path to be connected to a loco. The horror stories are there to be seen all over PPRUNE
Ironically the holy grail of the decent operators - operators who do have some empathy for the human being, are not exempt from the overall effect of the locos effect on the wider industry. And that is the problem for all to responsibly consider.
I understand there was a change in the screening process for at least one of the "large ftos" around the time the recession kicked in. I know at the time this was felt - in the cases of those who survived the rigours of commercial flight training - at line trainer level. This sort of gives an indication to the priority of the ftos.
Last edited by karanou; 12th March 2014 at 08:27.
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