There is an important difference between being a self-sponsored cadet (traditional CPL/ME-CIR or MPL) vs getting a licence and looking for a job after.
In the former, you would have already been interviewed by the airline and given a conditional job offer by the company before commencing your training. I.e. you are already a number in the airline's resource planning.
Now, if an airline had planned ahead and catered for crew resourcing in the next 2 - 3 years (because it can take that long to train a pilot), what circumstances would then make the company source for pilots beyond their already established pipeline?
Circumstances now is not what it was 2-3 years ago. Consider all that when you, for whatever reason, decide to venture out to get a licence on your own.
Last edited by glideapproach; 13th Oct 2014 at 16:27.
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