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Old 2nd Sep 2017, 12:48
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colebertos
 
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I'm actually studying the Bachelor with Swinburne at the moment.

The program is quite intensive, but very rewarding and there's plenty of students in the course from all kinds of backgrounds, and all aiming for different roles in the industry.

The flying is outsourced to CAE Oxford, with initial training being flown on Cessna 172s, all fitted with G1000 instruments, and then progressing on to PA44 Seminoles, also fitted out with the G500/G1000... the school is also beginning to acquire Diamond DA42 aircraft, along with a few new 172s.

Be warned that Swinburne students are usually not a priority however, as the school is actually half owned by China Eastern, their cadets do get priority.

During the final stages of the course, you will be given the option of either completing your Instructor Rating, or Multi Crew Rating, depending on where you are wanting to go.

A lot of the instructors you will find at CAE are actually past Swinburne students, and that appears to be the position a lot of them are ending up to begin with.

A program worth looking at if you're wanting to get right into an airline is actually the Jetstar Cadetship program, their next intake is March 2018. In most aspects it is very similar to the Swinburne Bachelor program, your training will be with CAE and you will complete some select units with Swinburne to be able to access Fee HELP, however it is condensed down to 18 months.

I do highly recommend the Swinburne program, even if it provides you with nothing more than a way of making similarly minded friends, and creating some vital industry connections, there are also some amazing mentor programs which will connect you with a range of people who know how to get where you want to be.
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