Thomas Cook Cadet Programme
 

For those wanting to start their pilot-training:

http://tobeapilot.co.uk/thomas-cook-announce-new-cadet-programme-scholarship-for-female-pilots/

Ridiculous.

All for attracting more females to consider a career as a commercial pilot. But, with regards to fairness i don't really understand why financial aid is being targeted at female applicants only. The financial side is a barrier to all of us.

It's one scholarship of £30,000 each year. Not much to get hot under the collar about.

I read it as a normal cadet scheme to be opened for all and a seperate scholarship for female applicants.

I personally don't get any negative or ridiculous ideas out of it. An other airline has started a cadet scheme, a self-funded one, but still a step into the right direction.

The positive discrimination in favour of females is just getting ridiculous.

I struggle to see the positive discrimination here, the candidates are still going to be of the same standard as any male applicant just with the possibility for female candidates to also receive help with funding.
The profession does have a HUGE disparity between the number of male and female pilots. The issue is no doubt a complex one but anything that encourages more women to get involved can only be a positive thing no?
I can understand your frustrations if a female candidate was offered a place without reaching the same standards that a male candidate may have to, but that would be against EU law and hence I am extremely doubtful this is the case here.

As a short term measure I can see why it's done and imagine it's probably pretty effective in increasing the number of female pilots (which is not a bad thing). But for me it's just about fairness and ideally the best regardless of gender should be offered the financial aid.

Time to become gender fluid? :ugh:

You don't see the discrimination? The cash aid is FOR females.
Men are entitled to 0.

Maybe some of you should read up about the name on the scholarship and see its relevance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymonde_de_Laroche

Funny how you don't read many complaints about the scholarships awarded by the British Women Pilots Association!

BWPA?s New Female Pilot Training Scholarship | British Women Pilots' Association

I don't see the relevance of the BWPA in modern aviation to be honest, to me it's a little like the Black Police Association and various others similar groups, all of which seem to support the notion that discrimination is fine so long as it is in one direction only.

In my opinion, only private members' clubs which are restricted to invitation only (or similar) should have the right to be single gender.

Flight crew roles in the UK have been open to both men and women for well over thirty years' now in most cases, so the reason for the gender disparity is very much one of choice.

Does anyone has any information about the course ? On whether the price is the same as a normal course at FTE, or lower, as it is a cadet program ?

Would like to know this too. Would it be 115k euros like the typical integrated FTE course?

It depends on whether you have a V or a P between the legs.
If its a P, expect to pay full price... However, if you happen to have a V, you pay less... Thomas Cook long you long time

Would a sex change be cheaper than the flight training? :D

More information should be available today as it is opening for applications as well.

No, no, no!

Gender equality should mean the best candidate for the job gets the job!

FML! And all because some sleazy old head of training wants to touch up a female FO. I’m sure they’ll be dead impressed. Well, it wouldn’t be the first time...

Danke...

All details on FTE Jerez website now. Course price EUR 117,000!!!

Good Luck