CTCWings Nz?
 

Hi all,

I have recently been asked to go for an interview at CTCWings in the UK however I would also like to ask some question bout their NZ operation. I am a UK citizen but am currently living and working in HK, my wife is American and hates England.

Is it possible for a UK citizen to join the CTCWings NZ?

How much does it cost (bond), as the UK is around 70K gbp but I have seen many NZ flight schools offering an ab initio course for 30K gbp?

If I were to get in to the NZ school is it possible to work for a NZ carrier after or do they only accept NZ citizens?

Thanks for your help

GB1241

To join the CTC Wings CPP course, you must: have the right to live and work in New Zealand in your own right, rather than by right of marriage

Please also be aware that at the moment once CTC cadets have qualified they go into the "flexi-crew" pool, this effectively means no permanent job at the end of training anymore. Work during the summer (most likely for EZY), then binned for 6 months.

:mad::ugh::=

Joining the ctc wings nz will just give you the licence. Not a job. However I believe they experimented with 2 cadets who went to eagle to fly a 1900, which is essentially a GA aircraft anyway.
Unlike the uk course, you need experience to get a job in nz with a regional. You are looking at 1500hrs + with several hundred multi IFR time.

NZ is not the easy road that europe is into a flying job.

That's nothing to do with CTC Wings CPP based in NZ.

And it's not really true for the UK either...the flexi-crew system is optional for Wings cadets. The traditional hold pool still exists it's just that nobody is likely to turn down 6 months with an airline when the alternative is...nothing.