Who is taking care of Air NZ Link Recruitment anway??

[outboundjetsetter]

DIG, you could quote so many of the worlds brightest and most influential people who have 'dropped out of school' only to become very successful. Don't let people tell you too much of what you have to do to become 'employable' . Who's to say where you will be, what you will be flying, and even what airlines will be operating in NZ or elsewhere a few years from now.Aviation often surprises!. Maybe you'll be your own boss?.If you can at least do a C-Cat you must have some intellectual ability.. I'd heard so many stories in "graduating NZ" on how you must have "x" amount of hours to fly a twin for insurance purposes.. , or a C-Cat to become more employable..( from casual to part-time?-WTF) etc etc ( endless ), just aim for a company that values you for your qualifications, not only something which is beneficial to them.I can see hard times ahead..in Australasia.. you only need to look in auzzi, "auzztronaute jobs" to see most of them require a check and training,( TRI/TRE) or CFI experience yet the space shuttle is being retired!.Asia and the Middle East beckon, and will continue to take on more people from this part of the world.Just as ANZ take people from outside of link when it suits them to control and keep their turn over/ intake, you should look after yourself- e.g if you could get on a A320 somewhere with your current qualifications and are happy living somewhere else/ or commuting for a while then i'd go for that. Supply and demand..

Outbound.

[ZK-DIG]

FGC, I do have an answer for that question, but weather it's a good one or not remains to be seen. I left school at 15 after my father died when i was 12. I was in all the top sports teams and lived every day for sport. Near the end of 5th form one of my teachers said what are you going to be when you leave, at the time i wanted to be a P.E teacher. The first thing the teacher said was you will never do it. So instead of getting angry i got soft and said well guess you are right so left. I moved away from home and worked on a farm for a number of years. After leaving the farm i managed a Auto Electrical company with 5 stuff under me. I did all the day to day management stuff and learn't some great skills. Since then i have completed my flying licenses and as of two days ago i completed my C-Cat and passed with "flying colours" pardon the pun. So that's the answer, as i say it may not be a good one but is indeed an answer.
Outbound, I have read what you have said and that is a fine bit of advise. I will be using all this information to get to where i want to get no matter what any one says.

[troppo]

Thank fork you didn't tell them you wanted to be an English teacher.

[ZK-DIG]

Very true. Very very true.

[remoak]

Agree with Outbound. When I was in your position, I upped sticks and went to the UK. At the time, all you needed to get a turboprop job was a licence and a pulse. Some guys were getting jet slots with as little as 500 hours. And we are talking real jets, 757s etc.

It's highly likely that those days will return, as demand for pilots is forecast to go through the roof and that will inevitably affect NZ airlines as people head offshore for better gigs.

Why not just do an easy course at a Polytech that gives you UE, most of the kids that come out of those places carn't spel two sayve theree lyves soe it carn't bee thit harde...