In the event that a company goes bankrupt, remember that the only use of that contract is to roll it up and wipe your ass with it!! As indeed I found out when, many years back, the FTO that I had chosen for my training went down the pan taking 2k of my hard earned cash with it!

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To Pay Or Not To Pay
 

Ideally there was sponsorship but that has dwindled down due to the economic conditions which are dynamic !!

So most pilots from the boom years invested in themselves which is a good thing!! you succeed and your family enjoys the fruits of your labour !!

The question is to which extent you are willing to invest in your self

All I can say is that if you can afford it go for it !! All those who have done line training on the majority seem to be getting jobs so good luck

I am a neutral and wish everyone well and good fortune. To be a pilot you have to have natural inherent skills and one is optimism !!

Good luck and if any one wants to PM I am willing to fight my cause

As you can image this is an extremely contentious topic: There are a lot of people who have exploited the wannabee situation and others who have had their fingers burnt. Not to mention the issues of job merit, aviation safety and impact on T&Cs. See Below

http://www.pprune.org/interviews-job...cruitment.html

http://www.pprune.org/terms-endearme...petitions.html

http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airpo...ek-merged.html

Just cant believe people are still wanting to hand over cash to fly...even in this climate. :eek:

Contract or no contract you are extremely vulnerable and are helping to create an industry based on cash rather than merit with safety as the compromise. But then again you can take a horse to water.... :ugh:

Paying up front for a job? No...but paying a prorated amount of training if I walked in the first year..not common but some operators have been burned by job hoppers...

So........just to sum this up:

* You PAY for the TR

* You PAY for 50% of the line training (ooh how generous of the airline to pay the other half)

* You will be BONDED there for 6 ( !!!! ) years, even though the airline has not given you ANYTHING really?!?!

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Sounds like an awfully good deal, jump aboard. :bored:

Edit: By the way... would you think a sales rep for an airline pays his way into a job?

Would you think a flight attendant would pay just to work?

Would you think the guy throwing bags into your hold would pay to do that?

Nope....only pilots are STUPID enough to do that!!! :suspect:

...This is the auto-reply function of PPRuNe...

To respond to the above posting, please select one of the following answers:


a.) Yes, but the industry is in a bad state and this is the only way to get a job.

b.) You're right, but what other way is there into a very shiny jet cockpit?

c.) I wonder if I need to buy my uniform also...mmh... must start thread about it.

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How 'bout you just sit it out and wait, maybe, in a year or two, that airline would be delighted to have pilots, pay for the TR and everything else. But noo, we all want it NOW NOW NOW.

Do some calculations and figure out how many hours of SE piston / ME piston you can fly to keep current / timebuild with the money you'd put towards a TR...