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Join Date: Jun 2003
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I have followed the ups and downs and company versus wannabe tug of wars with great interest for weeks. As a recent 32 year old grad, I was reluctant to apply for many of the same reasons as you number, and whilst it is perfectly acceptable to have reservations about anything, some of these slightly derogatory, shoot from the hip comments are not, I feel, justified.
Global/Storm are a business and not the Job Centre and exist as such, the companies service is producing suitable, type rated pilots and for that it has to be financially viable just like gecat or anyone else. Even if only 1 per 100 who hand over £850 obtain that all important first job thats the market. There is no crime in asking someone to pay to have their suitability assessed and what scheme, airline of college can guarantee that you will walk into a job? none... so derision is not the answer.
I would like to add that I am not in any way linked to either company, I am in the same frustrating boat as you number, a wannabe daily trying to scale Everest . I am sure that Global/Storm can work, albeit not for everybody, because at a union AGM last night, on the the subject of TRSS's, I heard a very highly respected and long standing chief pilot state what the company have told you, that 29 people all have contracts of employment, doing initial line training with 1 airline and then they will be employed by another and this was in a peer group of other suitably decorated 'bigwigs' from the UK majors and there is no way he would simply make it up.
Global/Storm are a business and not the Job Centre and exist as such, the companies service is producing suitable, type rated pilots and for that it has to be financially viable just like gecat or anyone else. Even if only 1 per 100 who hand over £850 obtain that all important first job thats the market. There is no crime in asking someone to pay to have their suitability assessed and what scheme, airline of college can guarantee that you will walk into a job? none... so derision is not the answer.
I would like to add that I am not in any way linked to either company, I am in the same frustrating boat as you number, a wannabe daily trying to scale Everest . I am sure that Global/Storm can work, albeit not for everybody, because at a union AGM last night, on the the subject of TRSS's, I heard a very highly respected and long standing chief pilot state what the company have told you, that 29 people all have contracts of employment, doing initial line training with 1 airline and then they will be employed by another and this was in a peer group of other suitably decorated 'bigwigs' from the UK majors and there is no way he would simply make it up.
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Hamrah,(or Puritan as I believe you work for Astraeus)
Are Astraeus/Bond still running their type rating/line training courses or have they finished as a result of the Global scheme?
If you are still running courses are you taking people onto Astraeus from these courses( Summer contracts or otherwise)?
Thank you for your time
Bomp
Are Astraeus/Bond still running their type rating/line training courses or have they finished as a result of the Global scheme?
If you are still running courses are you taking people onto Astraeus from these courses( Summer contracts or otherwise)?
Thank you for your time
Bomp
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just a thought
Those who have started in November/December all have positions with Ecel essentially but what about those starting in February/March? 24 pilots trained up every month, this will probably leave a few jobless.
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Well I have to say that I just read through all 5 pages of this topic with great interest. I am one of the Global guys who has just finished training. The reason why none of us have posted any replies here, is quite simply the fact that we have not had the time.
I have recently finished base training an shortly will be going to my assigned airline for differences and line training and to begin what I hope to be a very long and enjoyable career.
I was a low houred wannabe who spent the last 2 years endlessly sending out C.V’s. The GAS scheme has given me the opportunity to finally get my foot on that all exclusive ladder we here so much about.
Of course at the end of the day its up to you if you want to go down this route but for me I couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity. I have a jet rating on my licence, a right hand seat waiting for me in a very respectable company and a very healthy wage pack to go with it…
So please for your sake, if this scheme isn’t for you than don’t go for it. But please stop wasting your time and mine (the time it took me to read through all of this) on slaging off something that you obviously no nothing about. I apologise to anyone who was simply showing a genuine interest in the scheme, as any constructive comments have clearly been clouded by jealousy.
I have recently finished base training an shortly will be going to my assigned airline for differences and line training and to begin what I hope to be a very long and enjoyable career.
I was a low houred wannabe who spent the last 2 years endlessly sending out C.V’s. The GAS scheme has given me the opportunity to finally get my foot on that all exclusive ladder we here so much about.
Of course at the end of the day its up to you if you want to go down this route but for me I couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity. I have a jet rating on my licence, a right hand seat waiting for me in a very respectable company and a very healthy wage pack to go with it…
So please for your sake, if this scheme isn’t for you than don’t go for it. But please stop wasting your time and mine (the time it took me to read through all of this) on slaging off something that you obviously no nothing about. I apologise to anyone who was simply showing a genuine interest in the scheme, as any constructive comments have clearly been clouded by jealousy.
Join Date: Jun 2001
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little bo - your current 'profile' says 'Occupation: student' and your 'Current a/c type:' is not filled in.
You might now like to ammend this to say:
Occupation: Airline Pilot
Current a/c type: B737
Congratulations, and welcome to the club !
You might now like to ammend this to say:
Occupation: Airline Pilot
Current a/c type: B737
Congratulations, and welcome to the club !
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Ditto Little Bo's thoughts above. Everyone going through the scheme has been working HARD. And the same goes for everything else in flying in my relatively short experience so far...... you work hard, you keep your head down, and you get on with it.
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Congratulations little bo...
Any top tips for the £850 selection day?
What did you get quizzed on? and what was the sim detail?
any light you can shed would be much appreciated as I'm seeing them soon.
Cheers.
Any top tips for the £850 selection day?
What did you get quizzed on? and what was the sim detail?
any light you can shed would be much appreciated as I'm seeing them soon.
Cheers.
PPRuNe Handmaiden
Fingerbang
Heard you were doing this little bit of fun. Good onya, hope it all goes well.
