They can pay for and do the course. But they have to go find a job when it's done . They do not get flow into EK .

Are you totally sure about that? I myself met a young English bloke at Oxford among the Emiratis wearing an Emirates lanyard when I went for an assessment 2 years ago. He stood out from the other Emirates trainees (for obvious reasons) so I had a chat with him to see how he was training on the Emirates programme. It turned out his father was a captain in the airline and was very senior so managed to negotiate it. Emirates agreed that if he paid for his own training and supported himself throughout, they would allow him to join the other funded cadets. There was to be a bond for the 777 rating at the end.

Might have been spinning U a Yarn

Potentially, but unlikely. We didn't meet on the street, it was at OAA itself and unless they too were in on the act he was very clearly part of the emirates cadets there.

I'm hearing similar stories to that one.

EK Doesn't work that way, and expats do not get into the EK ab intio program regardless of who their Father Was..

Nice story to spin to the gullible

Guess I fell for a pack of lies then :} , it makes little difference to me anyway i suppose, maverickprime what have you seen?

I 100% agree with what you have to say regarding the p2f programs. Unfortunately, many pilots (especially South / East Asians) have no other choice. A lot of people continue to get milked out of their hard earned money to this day and its very sad.

Where I come from, either you get picked up by the state carrier (that too if you have amazing links or are someone who can ace the exam and the "interview") or just continue flying in flight schools as a flight instructor and eventually just wither away. The private carriers would go for someone who has excess hours on multi engine turbines or are " ex - men in uniform".
The only option some fortunate pilots have had in the past is via the p2f programs offered by the private carriers. Inside I am sure none of these pilots are happy about the choice they made, due to the financial hit they took.

Then it's an exception made for an individual with connection- it's not the rule.

Maybe we didn't make ourselves very clear, but I think we were fishing to find out if there are, or were, exceptions made? However, I can imagine that people would maybe not want to make those exceptions public knowledge.

I was fully aware that its not the rule and understand that you need to be an Emirati national to join the cadet scheme officially.

Anyone can pay and join the EK training college, and come out with a licence and instrument rating and ATPL subjects completed . You just have to find your own job as you don't make the min requirements for EK.

Aiman0092

I would suggest checking out the cadet program with Aer Lingus. It will give you a path to a job in a decent company and not far from where your home is either.

You could still move to the Gulf later in your career if you still wanted.

Actually Kite they do . Do try and keep up .

Only recently it seems, but well done champ :D :rolleyes:

Good old champ