Atlantic Cadetship interviews....
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There are three schemes which are offered under the 'Cadetship' title and I believe all fall under what was once a single company/group of companies.
Atlantic
Highland
RVL
All advertise the schemes on their websites but finding out about when they are recruiting seems to be about luck and magic as they are not well advertised.
I have contacted all three on various occasions over the last few years and was even interviewed at Atlantic for an Ops job. But I have yet to be in the right place at the right time to get a Cadetship application in!
As for being overqualified and aiming higher. Sponsorship-wise unless you're a national of a country which sponsors for its flag carrier (or lucky enough to be the best on the planet for Etihad!) then there is no other genuine schemes to aim for, higher or otherwise.
I am a masters of Physics graduate with 2 years professional experience in another industry. I would be unlikely to seriously struggle with the academic side, and would still apply to this scheme if I could. So that's the kind of competition you'll be up against from a qualifications point of view. But it will ultimately be about much more than that separating the selected from the rejected.
Good luck all.
Atlantic
Highland
RVL
All advertise the schemes on their websites but finding out about when they are recruiting seems to be about luck and magic as they are not well advertised.
I have contacted all three on various occasions over the last few years and was even interviewed at Atlantic for an Ops job. But I have yet to be in the right place at the right time to get a Cadetship application in!
As for being overqualified and aiming higher. Sponsorship-wise unless you're a national of a country which sponsors for its flag carrier (or lucky enough to be the best on the planet for Etihad!) then there is no other genuine schemes to aim for, higher or otherwise.
I am a masters of Physics graduate with 2 years professional experience in another industry. I would be unlikely to seriously struggle with the academic side, and would still apply to this scheme if I could. So that's the kind of competition you'll be up against from a qualifications point of view. But it will ultimately be about much more than that separating the selected from the rejected.
Good luck all.
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I actually know an employee who flies for RVL who recommended the scheme. Sounds very promising. You might be contracted to work for 4/5 years with the company on completion of the scheme, and worked very hard whilst completing it, but to have your training paid for is possibly the best opportunity around. It really depends on if you care about coming out the other end and going onto jets sooner rather than later. Obviously if that's what you're looking for you'll have around 5 years before you can start looking for a jet t/r. I was looking at applying to RVL, in fact I had my application ready to send off before I was accepted into the CTC Wings Cadet scheme. I know it's a little pricey when you pay for the foundation PPL out in NZ, but to get your jet t/r and line training paid for, with the likelihood of being a f/o at the age of 21/22, is too tempting a prospect to not pursue.
Is the Highland scheme still open? I'm sure I checked their website and read that it had been closed for some time. One of my old flying instructors went to fly for them.
Good luck to all who apply for the schemes. I've spoken to cadets from both schemes who were very happy.
Is the Highland scheme still open? I'm sure I checked their website and read that it had been closed for some time. One of my old flying instructors went to fly for them.
Good luck to all who apply for the schemes. I've spoken to cadets from both schemes who were very happy.
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The Atlantic Airlines, scheme is only half sponsored, so the Fug's tell me. And you need to fund the PPL and hours building off your own back. This does not seem like a good deal to me when you need to spend 12-24 months earning minimum wage. I don't know the deal with RVL for sure. However, I do know that their pilots are on 24/7 callout at short notice with no quality time off. Like Atlantic, they fly very few hours and the planes are mostly not turbine, so not ideal career wise. The work is also by it's nature quite dangerous, don't forget it. The Highland one seems like the best of a bad bunch, but 5 years on a J31 in a hick town in the back of beyond.....also a danger job.
If I was young again I think I'd get a good job outside of flying, pay for it all off my own back and instruct my way up to 1000hrs ASAP. RVL, Highland and Atlantic will still want you because they are all desperate, all the time and always will be, for good reasons. That way you can used them like all the other young guys do, Get a quick command and leave for greener pastures. These are all good stepping stone flying jobs but leave it to obsolete old wrecks like me to be stuck for 5-7 years.
If I was young again I think I'd get a good job outside of flying, pay for it all off my own back and instruct my way up to 1000hrs ASAP. RVL, Highland and Atlantic will still want you because they are all desperate, all the time and always will be, for good reasons. That way you can used them like all the other young guys do, Get a quick command and leave for greener pastures. These are all good stepping stone flying jobs but leave it to obsolete old wrecks like me to be stuck for 5-7 years.
