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any success?
Hi, did anyone actually get a place on this scheme?!
Just would be nice to know I didn't spend £200 on selection tests when there weren't really any places anyway. Maybe i'm just paranoid....
Just would be nice to know I didn't spend £200 on selection tests when there weren't really any places anyway. Maybe i'm just paranoid....
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Well cannot quite answer your question yet but the signs are pointing in the right direction.
I attended the final stage on Monday along with 10 others, and the indications show that they require between 6-8 cadets so fingers crossed and all.
At least whatever the outcome though it's another bit of experience in the old bank!
I attended the final stage on Monday along with 10 others, and the indications show that they require between 6-8 cadets so fingers crossed and all.
At least whatever the outcome though it's another bit of experience in the old bank!
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I have been accepted on to this scheme today.
Is there anybody else who will be going to Jerez on 20/01/05? Commiserations to those who weren't so lucky and congratulations to those who were. Although this scheme offers no financial assistance, nor guarantees employment (fat chance) I think it will be a useful 'foot in the door'.
If there is anyone else starting at FTE early next year, either on this course or another, do you think it would be worthwhile starting a separate topic? It might be useful to pool ideas on what to expect/take!
Is there anybody else who will be going to Jerez on 20/01/05? Commiserations to those who weren't so lucky and congratulations to those who were. Although this scheme offers no financial assistance, nor guarantees employment (fat chance) I think it will be a useful 'foot in the door'.
If there is anyone else starting at FTE early next year, either on this course or another, do you think it would be worthwhile starting a separate topic? It might be useful to pool ideas on what to expect/take!
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I too have been accepted but am considering turning it down due to the lack of guaranteed job. Do people think I'm am crazy being given this opportunity and turning it down? I have a stable engineering graduate trainee job at the moment and am very worried about the financial side of things. Need peoples opinions!
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I would seriously consider keeping your present job if the guarantees are not very strong. You mind end up without your current job, a few hundred hours and unable to find a job as a pilot.
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Hi there,
Ive literally just sent in my application to CTC for easyjet, as a final year student and a life long dream of becoming a pilot I'm looking for anyway to get into commercial flying. You guys seem quite pessimistic about the scheme, it seems like such a good way of getting into the business. You don't have to pay the bond until you get a job do you?
RK1006, are you saying that you've been offered a place training with CTC but are thinking of turning it down?
Ive literally just sent in my application to CTC for easyjet, as a final year student and a life long dream of becoming a pilot I'm looking for anyway to get into commercial flying. You guys seem quite pessimistic about the scheme, it seems like such a good way of getting into the business. You don't have to pay the bond until you get a job do you?
RK1006, are you saying that you've been offered a place training with CTC but are thinking of turning it down?
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If you have been offered this scheme and are unsure if you are going to take it. The main question you have to ask yourself is 'Do I want to be an airline pilot?'
It will be hard work getting hold of the money but if you can you have the opportunity to start training with an established school and more importantly get a job with a very well established airline that seems to have a good future ahead of itself.
It's a difficult decision to make, especially if you have a good graduate job. Just make sure you choose the right one, don't be looking up in 10 years time from behind your desk wishing it was you in the air.
Also with regards to them not offering you a firm job, it would be impossible for any airline inthe world to do that before you have completed your course. The fact that they are running this scheme is a good sign of their future requirements.
Best of luck with whatever you decide!
Sammy
It will be hard work getting hold of the money but if you can you have the opportunity to start training with an established school and more importantly get a job with a very well established airline that seems to have a good future ahead of itself.
It's a difficult decision to make, especially if you have a good graduate job. Just make sure you choose the right one, don't be looking up in 10 years time from behind your desk wishing it was you in the air.
Also with regards to them not offering you a firm job, it would be impossible for any airline inthe world to do that before you have completed your course. The fact that they are running this scheme is a good sign of their future requirements.
Best of luck with whatever you decide!
Sammy
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No sammy, I disagree with your first statement about that being the question to ask (to some degree at least). Not only is it not required to have been 100% committed to one career path or the other, there are serious questions being raised about the job prospects, which people are rightly asking prior to committing.
All the airline is running is some support, which frankly costs them very little. The job is not contigent on passing the course, but is just a potential job offer - dependent upon their crewing requirements. That is not very strong in my books, especially not where executives can afford to pay themselves the salaries they do...
Also with regards to them not offering you a firm job, it would be impossible for any airline in the world to do that before you have completed your course. The fact that they are running this scheme is a good sign of their future requirements.
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Has anyone who has been accepted onto the Thomsonfly scheme received any information about finance yet?
I spoke to Jerez earlier this week and our details has been passed onto a spanish bank in London who are meant to be contacting us with regards to loans etc...
Just wondering as things don't seem to be moving very quickly and yet we need to be there two weeks today!!
This could get interesting....... :o)
I spoke to Jerez earlier this week and our details has been passed onto a spanish bank in London who are meant to be contacting us with regards to loans etc...
Just wondering as things don't seem to be moving very quickly and yet we need to be there two weeks today!!
This could get interesting....... :o)
