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If this is genuine, then it's a great idea!
Most wannabes will have applied to several schemes which only sponsor one or two individuals, and some, myself included, will have narrowly missed out on one or more of the schemes and decided to go down the HSBC route instead.
I think helping several people is the way to go, providing that each successful applicant gets enough to achieve something productive. Perhaps it could be based on the Air League's Flying bursary scheme - you can apply for money to do whatever you want, but you have to explain what you want it for and why you should be selected.
Regards,
Al
Most wannabes will have applied to several schemes which only sponsor one or two individuals, and some, myself included, will have narrowly missed out on one or more of the schemes and decided to go down the HSBC route instead.
I think helping several people is the way to go, providing that each successful applicant gets enough to achieve something productive. Perhaps it could be based on the Air League's Flying bursary scheme - you can apply for money to do whatever you want, but you have to explain what you want it for and why you should be selected.
Regards,
Al
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Has anybody received feedback regarding their application? deadheading duck wrote in an earlier post that he/she would be sifting through applications and contacting those chosen for full applications and interviews from 15 August.
Would be interested to hear from anyone with information as this sponsorship opportunity post seems to have gone very quiet ...
Sweeney
Would be interested to hear from anyone with information as this sponsorship opportunity post seems to have gone very quiet ...
Sweeney
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I still haven't heard anything either. I'm starting to get the feeling that it may not be all it seems 
I have a couple of worried in that:
1. Someone I know has said that this kind of thing has been tried in the past whereby someone who wants to go through ATPL's sets up a charity to do so, receives a number of applications, including one of a friend, family member etc and then awards the sponsorship to the said friend or family member. Apparently this means that money can be saved in terms of tax either to the peron footing the bill or receiving the sponsorship (I'm not an accountant so I'm not sure how this would actually work!).
2. He also states that "As someone who struggled for a long time being able to afford to train, I am considering offering an ATPL scholarship for a wannabe, and if it works out, making this an annual thing." and also "I'm not trying to work miracles with this, but hopefully I can help a few people achieve what I never managed.". If you do a search for his tag name you will find a post stating "Hi everyone I'm a little bit pished today, cos its my 21st! If only you all worked in my office, there's cakes and donuts being shared around!!". That was in April this year. He seems to be contradicting himself by saying he has struggled for a long time to be able to afford to train yet says it is something he has never managed to achieve...at 21 why can't he do it now he has the money???
If it is legitimate then I apologise as this as an excellent opportunity but I'm starting to feel that something doesn't quite add up!
Thanks,
Sywell-Flyer
I have a couple of worried in that:
1. Someone I know has said that this kind of thing has been tried in the past whereby someone who wants to go through ATPL's sets up a charity to do so, receives a number of applications, including one of a friend, family member etc and then awards the sponsorship to the said friend or family member. Apparently this means that money can be saved in terms of tax either to the peron footing the bill or receiving the sponsorship (I'm not an accountant so I'm not sure how this would actually work!).
2. He also states that "As someone who struggled for a long time being able to afford to train, I am considering offering an ATPL scholarship for a wannabe, and if it works out, making this an annual thing." and also "I'm not trying to work miracles with this, but hopefully I can help a few people achieve what I never managed.". If you do a search for his tag name you will find a post stating "Hi everyone I'm a little bit pished today, cos its my 21st! If only you all worked in my office, there's cakes and donuts being shared around!!". That was in April this year. He seems to be contradicting himself by saying he has struggled for a long time to be able to afford to train yet says it is something he has never managed to achieve...at 21 why can't he do it now he has the money???
If it is legitimate then I apologise as this as an excellent opportunity but I'm starting to feel that something doesn't quite add up!
Thanks,
Sywell-Flyer
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Im afraid you have all been taken in by someone who was simply bored and had nothing better to do with his time.
Deadheading duck is talking rubbish.
If you look at his posts and put them together. He was 18 when he started his own IT company. He took a "brief consultancy" job on when he was 20 (I doubt they would hire consultants at that age) and he also works part-time in a "public body in Wales". All the while doing really well with his own IT firm, enough so to give money away to wannabe pilots".
Im sorry you guys wasted your time on this. I also think deadheading duck should have his IP banned from prrune forever.
I think the moderator should take note of this.
Deadheading duck is talking rubbish.
If you look at his posts and put them together. He was 18 when he started his own IT company. He took a "brief consultancy" job on when he was 20 (I doubt they would hire consultants at that age) and he also works part-time in a "public body in Wales". All the while doing really well with his own IT firm, enough so to give money away to wannabe pilots".
Im sorry you guys wasted your time on this. I also think deadheading duck should have his IP banned from prrune forever.
I think the moderator should take note of this.
