Sponsorship, Cadet etc

[kurt0375]

Hi
Doees anyone know if UK airlines offer any sponsorships, cadet training etc? I have read Quantis link offer cadet training to anyone with a straight forward CPL but that is an australian airline, or are they all self sponsorship schemes and then they slowly pay you back after you are trained and working for them?

[Adios]

Give the search engine a try and settle in for a long read. It's probably one of the top ten questions asked here. I'll even bet it's covered in the sticky thread the moderators have asked everyone to read before posting.

Also, didn't you notice the thread called Etihad Cadet Pilot Programme?

Good search terms for starting:
Sponsorship
Highland Airways
CTC Wings
Cityjet
NetJets Europe Cadet Programme

[99jolegg]

Any UK airline that is providing sponsorship usually does it through an integrated FTO - Thomas Cook, Cityjet, Flybe, NetJets etc etc.

Keep checking the CTC, OAA, FTE, Cabair websites and see what's going on.

[G-HALE]

Atlantic Airlines
Go to Multiflights website in leeds to find out about the cadet scheme!

Also, RVL group will be doing interviews in august for there next cadet intake!

[potkettleblack]

I think there should be a new rule on pprune that no one is allowed to use the word "sponsored" anymore. AFAIK there have not been any sponsored schemes since 9/11. Well ignoring the likes of Cathay, Singapore and possibly Qantas etc which aren't relevant really to the UK market.

To me a sponsored scheme is one where you the cadet pay nothing towards your training. You are invited for interviews and tests and then given an employment contract subject of course to passing your flying programme. At the end of the training the airline type rates you and you enter into base & line training and then (hopefully) have a long and distinguished career. During the course of your training you would have been on a cadet salary, in uniform, invited to your employers offices for visits, enjoyed supernumerary rides on the jumpseat to familiarise yourself with airline operations and no doubt enjoyed the other perks of being employed.

The "schemes" on offer at the moment require you to pay in some shape or form. You either cut a cheque to an FTO or airline or you forego pay. There is always a catch no matter what it says on the tin.

[preduk]

Highland do that, they pay for the lot. It's not a bond or anything.

[potkettleblack]

No they require you to have a PPL.

Highland Airways | Cadet schemes (http://www.highlandairways.co.uk/cgi-bin/airkiosk/I7/191003?080712111127.86.42.97.136.5824+/highland/I7/EN/static/cadetschemes.html)

[MIKECR]

preduk,

I think you'll fnd your contracted to Highland for a minimum of 5 years. What the financial commitment will be, im not sure. I doubt very much however that you would be able to walk away at any stage without having to pay something back

[bonalste]

From the website:

"Once they move into the Second Phase of their sponsorship, they become an employee at which point their salary will increase to 90% of the level of the relevant position to which they are appointed."

Contracted to a minimum of 5 years employment, means a total of one half-year salary will be paid back to the company.

[sx_stavros]

Hi lads

I have just received an invitation from lufthansa to pass their BU late September. Its damn too hard though so I ve already started to look for alternatives. First of all I would like to ask where can I find the tyrolean pilot sponsorship link (information, application etc).

I am also trying to find which other airlines are currently running pilot sponsorships, so that would be great if u could give me any tips

cheers:ok:

[StExupery]

from my personnal research :
Air France
GAPAN
Lufthansa but you already tried,
Atlantinc, Highland, etc...
Malta, Liban, Eithad, etc...
not much and lots of conditions required to apply but worth a try

I've given up, now I have 150 hours so I'll go for the modular route at least I'm sure I'll be flying one day, even if it is instruction..

[greyb33]

lots of airliners go through the flying schools like cabair and oxford flying school check there websites for recent sponsorships they usually ask for 2 alevels one in maths and one in a sci at C and above.

[Groundloop]

lots of airliners go through the flying schools like cabair and oxford flying school check there websites for recent sponsorships

But virtually all of these schemes are "mentored" not sponsored.:ugh:

[Will88]

From the website:

"Once they move into the Second Phase of their sponsorship, they become an employee at which point their salary will increase to 90% of the level of the relevant position to which they are appointed."

Contracted to a minimum of 5 years employment, means a total of one half-year salary will be paid back to the company.

What the website doesn't tell you, for some bizarre reason, is that all the 10% chunks taken off over the five years get given back in one big wedge as a loyalty bonus if you stay for the contracted time - it's not like the other schemes where the money taken off more or less pays for the training.

:ok:

[AlphaMale]

Be aged between 18 and 25 years of age*

Is probably the problem with most of us looking at this sponsorship with Highland.

[forest2807]

Highland are apparently quite flexible regarding the upper age limit, as long as the candidate can demonstrate ability and enthusiasm and has ticks in all the other boxes.

[Martyn hobbs]

The new Flybe/Flight Training Europe scheme is open for applicants on the FTE website. flighttrainingeurope.com

This scheme includes a 'partial' sponsorship, take a look!

[99jolegg]

'Partial' being the operative word, £78,000 still needs to be paid by the cadet. That said, no part / full / 0.2% sponsored scheme should be sniffed at in today's climate.

[Groundloop]

FTE's current cost for their integrated course is about £81,200.

For the Flybe partially sponsored course Flybe give the cadet £19,800 of that - so that leaves the cadet to find the remaining £61,400!!

Anyone selected for MAPS has to pay the full £81,200.

[sx_stavros]

Hi

does anyone know whether cityjet guarantees a job upon completion of the training or not? Where can I apply for their program? FTE doesnt seem to have a certain link for cityjet application (like Netjets in OAT for example). Additionally, can someone tell me where can I also apply to Tyrolean. I ve heard that seems to be a sweet alternative for German speakers.

Cheer lads, and Goodluck to all!!:}

[woskam]

CTC have just started a Cityjet scheme so I guess that's a good a place as any to apply.

[dm2000]

alright everyone,

i was accepted to FTE last November but due to commitments back in the uk i'll only be starting in Jerez next month (august).

Does anyone else share my concerns over the way the euro-pound exchange rate is going because by my reckoning we will be paying more for our training (in pounds that is) than we would have been a few months ago....and it doesn't look like getting any better. Because they deal in the euro (102,000 of them) we seem to be suseptible to changes in the rates.

Any thoughts on this. (and i know rates can get better as well as worse however the trends don't look promising)

kind regards

dave

[Donamed]

Hi SIRS,

I am very much passionate about being a pilot. I have been to the Univsersity and got my masters, but it has been my childhood ambition to fly.I am 32 now ,.but i still want to fly .I have challenge raising the training fees.I am from west africa.do you have idea on how i could get sponsorship or cadet training programme anywhere in the world.

please send me lick on [email protected]

KInd Regards