Air Atlantique Sponsorship
 

Good Afternoon,
I have been looking into the air atlantique sponsorship programme and their company in general. A few things have cropped up as a result of my research, so if there are any air atlantique pilots or students here that could halp me i would most appreciate it:

What is the training like
What are the aircraft like
how much chioce, after recieving the licence, do you get on what flying you do and in what aircraft
What is the pay structure like
what are the promotion prospects/times
how much flying is involved in a usual day month year?
what are the management team like
how much paperwork is there

I know this is a lot to ask but i am realy interested in this company and working for them in the future.

Many thanks to everyone
Nick

Training - first rate. Think you'll struggle to find better.
Aircraft - too many to list - try here or here for details
Choice of aircraft - its all dependent on needs. The company's fairly small, so they cant always guarantee you'll get onto the aircraft that you want, although you're certainly allowed your input as to what you'd like.
Pay - Good enough considering its a free ATPL
Promotion prospects are excellent.
Flying hours depends on what you fly. Flying for something like the Environment Agency, you could be constantly battling with your 100hrs per 28 days limit. Go down to Kent to work for the Coastguard, and you might have days between flights.
Management treat you as you treat them. So be nice!
In terms of paperwork, well there's lots as a cadet. And when you do your spell in the company Operations department. Not as much when you're flying, but you cant ever get away from it completely.

Contact them on 02476 882 610 and ask for an application form.

Hope thats of use.

Atlantic-44

Atlantic, are you a member of the company?

Anyone know when air atlantique will be picking candidates for sponsorship?

What are the long term prospects like at the company? I assume after the required period of employment you can choose to stay with the company and move further up the chain?

Jobs
 

Do any of you guys know current recruitment for F/O's at moment. If sellected will you be given one a/c type that you will fly ie be assured of TP time?

If you have an ATR rating and are looking for a job then it is probably worth sending a CV to Air Atlantique. Not sure about the current recruitment for Atlantic Airlines as they are a seperate company now but understand they are about to start receiving ATPs.

Congratulations to the 3 newly appointed cadets. Will see you in July - enjoy your freedom while you still have it!!!

Atlantic-44

Does anyone know when or if the cadet sponsorship scheme closes this year?
thanks

Posted the filled- in forms today. Any idea when I can expect a reply (be it a pfo or a welcome aboard, though I'm not getting my hopes up as I only passed my skills test yesterday and havent even finished my A levels yet!)?

hingey

You will hear from them when they complete their next round of recruiting which, I would assume, will be in about 5 or 6 months. When I applied I hadn't finished my A Levels, however I sent them my grades on results day.

Best of luck

OJ

Air Atlantique "fugly scheme"
 

Hi, I saw this mentioned in another post. What exactly is this?

I was talking to an instructor who told me about them but I didn't know they had a sponsorship scheme and it sounds like they are right up my alley as I would not really want to fly in a regular airline, because it is not real flying and it's boring, but Air Atlantique sounds fun.

How much experience do you need for this scheme? Do you need a CPL? At the moment I have a PPL, gained on Tiger Moths, about 64 hours TT.

tiger_moth

they offer a pilot sponsorship course requirements:

hold a valid PPL(A)
hold a valid Class 1 Medical
hold a valid UK driving licence
Be aged between 18-25
Have right to live/work in EU

minimum period of comittment to them is 6 years (normally 2 of which are training, other 4 are working).
There are more details on their webpagehere then go to group recruitment then sponsorship
think they took on a three cadets a month or so ago but not entirely sure.

Air Atlantique Sponsorship
 

Hi, has anyone heard about interviews at all for the Air Atlantique's sponsorship? I had a call tonight to let me know about the selection days on WED, THU and FRI next week.

If anyone has been to one of these days I would greatly appreciate some info.

I got a call yesterday too, i'm so pleased that I have got through the application stage :D
My interpretation was that the selection day was on either on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but then again, I'm probably wrong!
Again, any information from past applicants would be much appreciated.
Best of luck Murray_NN :ok:
POL

Hello,

I received that wonderful call too! I must say the call caught me off guard but the news did sink in eventually! ;)

Heres hoping to hand flying those wonderful aircraft in the future.

Any information on the selection process would be appreicated also! :ok:

Congrats on getting your calls. The selection process may have changed slightly this year, but I think the general format is three assessments:

1/ Written assessments
2/ Initial interview, flight test and sim assessment
3/ Informal meet with staff and current cadets, and Final interview with company directors

Good luck to all of you

Atlantic-44

I also got the call last night to attend the selection day :D

From what i gather, it will be written assesments.

The latest,

I called them today and it seems that Thursday and Friday are the only days they are doing selections. It is a four-part selection process and each may last a whole day.
The sponsorship requires you to stay with the company for the first two years and be on call 24/7. You must also live in company accomodation. It appears that its not suitable for people with girlfriends and wives.

Are there any current cadets?
What are the conditions?

What is everyones experience that has got the call ??

Interesting to see at what stage of the training they are looking to take people on.

Hi all,

As a current company cadet, I thought I'd clarify some points.

You are in fact required to stay with the company for SEVEN years - two years will be your training, followed by five years bonded employment from the issue of your licence.

Yes, you will be on call 24/7, although its not as bad as it sounds. You may occasionally be called out at stupid o'clock to drive a pilot to an airport somehere in the country, but it doesnt happen often.

The company accomodation is a bonus - your rent is paid, you dont need to worry about bills (except phone), and you're extremely close to the airport (one of the cadet houses is just off of the runway threshold and we have 737's passing by the house at about 100ft! Also, you get to live with other cadets, rather than some complete stanger you have nothing to do with. Imagine the hassle of having to find your own place and pay rent, bills, etc, especially when we take on cadets as young as 18.

Admittedly, the cadetship is not ideal for those with partners. Wives/husbands could be a big problem, girlfriends/boyfriends not as much so. Several of the current cadets have partners, and seem to manage ok. If whoever you're with loves you that much, they'll understand that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and they'll make do. Additionally, I, as a cadet, would not put up with someone else's loved ones living at the house fulltime, and I wouldnt expect anyone else to. To clarify, partners can stay at the house overnight from time to time, but may not live there permanently.

The above isnt meant to scare you - its just better you know now before coming all the way to Coventry to find there wasn't any point in doing so.

The scheme in itself is one of the best around, and speaking from my own experience, although its been v. difficult at times, I'm v. happy I'm on it. If you're prepared to give 100% commitment to the company, they'll look after you.

A couple of you have asked about the assessment process. The first one which you have been invited to will consist of a maths paper (possibly with some PPL questions in there), an English paper, and some personality profiling questionnaires.

Atlantic-44