Is there going to be another BA cadet program later this year?
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You have zero clue whats happening at the moment in my market. If you haven't worked in that market in the last two years you really don't have a clue just like I don't have a clue about the instructors market these days or for that matter the loco market. 6 months time it will be different again I will see that and you still won't have a clue.
And the point was I am line training constantly.
Thats exactly it, in fact they are making up the numbers to keep things in the black. But no jet jobs for them afterwards as thats only for the cadets. They have to come and try and fly the heaps with the rest of us or become extremely poor instructors because they have never been taught how to fly a SEP properly (some are OK I might add the ones that did a PPL before training) but unfortaunatley they really arn't suited to flying in my market so most CP's won't touch them with a barge pole, unless they are doing a mate a favour getting his kid something that burns JetA and they can log multi crew on.
But its these jobs that the sales reps are trying to get exclusive deals on to provide FO's.
And to be honest I proberly wouldn't go intergrated purely because I enjoy flying. I would do the ppl in the UK, I would then hour build in New zealand, Alaska maybe Africa. Then go back to airways in exeter because in my experence they produce better hands feet pilots and more developed all round aviators than the big three. Who turn out operators which are suited for your big airline requirments.
And yes when ever you post a one sided view on the market I will always come back I disagree with you because basically it is not what I see personally on the line day in and day out.
Any yep please reply again and I will answer again. All it will do is increase the hit rate on the search engines. And get more familys to be able to see that there is an alternative view to the fact that filling the coffers of the big 3 is the only way to get a job, even flying the dirty coal face side of flying.
To be honest the way you come back every time its as if you had a finacial stake in the big three or that you know that if the numbers arn't increased or continue to drop things may not be rosey for the big three. All there fleets are old, there instructors not much better condition. EASA regulation changes mean that its extremely hard and expensive to be able to teach at that level and certainly not worth the salarys that they are paying.
And the point was I am line training constantly.
but if you are suggesting that the same FTO's are subsidized by non-cadet trainees using the same courses, they may well be
But its these jobs that the sales reps are trying to get exclusive deals on to provide FO's.
And to be honest I proberly wouldn't go intergrated purely because I enjoy flying. I would do the ppl in the UK, I would then hour build in New zealand, Alaska maybe Africa. Then go back to airways in exeter because in my experence they produce better hands feet pilots and more developed all round aviators than the big three. Who turn out operators which are suited for your big airline requirments.
And yes when ever you post a one sided view on the market I will always come back I disagree with you because basically it is not what I see personally on the line day in and day out.
Any yep please reply again and I will answer again. All it will do is increase the hit rate on the search engines. And get more familys to be able to see that there is an alternative view to the fact that filling the coffers of the big 3 is the only way to get a job, even flying the dirty coal face side of flying.
To be honest the way you come back every time its as if you had a finacial stake in the big three or that you know that if the numbers arn't increased or continue to drop things may not be rosey for the big three. All there fleets are old, there instructors not much better condition. EASA regulation changes mean that its extremely hard and expensive to be able to teach at that level and certainly not worth the salarys that they are paying.
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I have no axe to grind but I notice Bealzebub has posted on the African flying forum to point out that one of the bush-pilots, who got a job at Qatar through their SFO programme (after presumably a couple of thousand hours flying around Botswana), may have done so because of training at one of the big three.
Go figure.
Go figure.
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After 500 hours on the dark continent it doesn't matter where you have trained in europe darwin theory has sorted the pilots out from the rest. The lack of PIC skills will have been dealt with.
Brilliant FANS!!!
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OK FANS ....done...BA have been informed..they apologise for the delay they will be sending out start dates to everyone who does not trash this post on Wednesday.
