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Old 24th Jun 2014, 04:21
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Finished 13 years ago right after 9/11. Seems things are even worse now than back then. Always interesting to look back where people have ended up!

15 or so on my integrated course;

3 quit in first six months of training (think one quit after 2 weeks)
2 went to Thomson B757
2 with BA on B777 (2nd jet job)
1 with Emirates on B777 (4th jet job)
1 now capt at Monarch
1 at Aer Lingus A320
1 did Easyjet for 5ish years, but I believe left flying to raise family
1 helicopter guy
3 unknown but very likely to have secured jobs

Out of the above, the longest taken was just over 4 years to find an airline job. I'm afraid our flying school has since gone bust but was reasonably well regarded back then by the airlines. Depending on where you end up and what equipment you will fly, the flying side can still be enjoyable, but the day to day rubbish we put up with is destroying what could otherwise be a great job.
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