Virgin Blue to train cadets....
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It has always been my ultimate goal for work for virgin blue, but always heard they only take pilots who already have plenty of hours and experience.... soo for someone like me who is just PPL qualified would it be best to go for something like this and get straight into virgin blue, or is it better to still go and get my CPL and work out west/north then come back to this?? wont all these cadetships have the same problem with command hours for the cadets and then running out of captains and having no one to fill the gap because all the hours of the cadets are not in command?? dont you need a good couple of thousand of hours in command to be a captain?
For the umpteenth time, you will NOT be employed by Virgin Blue. You will be flying a Skywest aircraft painted in VB colours. Depending on what the boys and girls can negotiate your working conditions and pay will have NO correlation to what VB pilots do/get.
He announced high level negotiations with Skywest Airlines of WA to set up a cadet pilot program which would, unlike the Jetstar NZ but-working-in-Australia scheme, be based in Australia, paid in Australian dollars, and pay Australian taxes and the superannuation levy.
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Chadzat.
Finally someone who understands their (XR & VB) arrangement.
There are at least a couple of threads on here were everyone gets side tracked.
ALL PILOTS WILL WORK FOR SKYWEST!
Cadets, direct entry, contract..............
Finally someone who understands their (XR & VB) arrangement.
There are at least a couple of threads on here were everyone gets side tracked. ALL PILOTS WILL WORK FOR SKYWEST!
Cadets, direct entry, contract..............
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so you reckon that the skywest cadetship is pretty much the same thing then??
thats a bit dissappointing. I actually called Altara, the nominated trainers for the skywest cadetship, the other week and they said there were no oppurtunities to move from skywest into vb.
anyway.... i guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
thats a bit dissappointing. I actually called Altara, the nominated trainers for the skywest cadetship, the other week and they said there were no oppurtunities to move from skywest into vb.
anyway.... i guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Being a caded for Skywest would be a good opportunity I would of thought.
An airline that has substantially grown and is continuing to grow and get more a/c.
From everyone I have ever spoken to, they all love working for Skywest and the pay isn't that bad either. So not all bad working for Skywest.
An airline that has substantially grown and is continuing to grow and get more a/c.
From everyone I have ever spoken to, they all love working for Skywest and the pay isn't that bad either. So not all bad working for Skywest.
