Air New Zealand School of Flight
Why would Air NZ need 5 training organisations if they are only taking 4 cadets?
What I cannot figure is why Air NZ needs to get involved in this sort of thing to start with. There seems to be quite a bit of infrastrutcure on their part.
What's in it for them?
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Could it be similiar to how the air force guys operate at the moment with Air Nelson. The RNZAF pays their salary and their training costs in exchange for their guys getting experience on line. Air NZ gets cheap (free) labour.
Imagine an overseas operator approaching Air NZ and asking them to train and give experience to their new pilots. A year of multi crew experience whilst gaining extra sim experiece as well then back home to start on line. It would be a great OE for some young fella/ess, cheap (free) labour for Air NZ and a big FU to the Links
Imagine an overseas operator approaching Air NZ and asking them to train and give experience to their new pilots. A year of multi crew experience whilst gaining extra sim experiece as well then back home to start on line. It would be a great OE for some young fella/ess, cheap (free) labour for Air NZ and a big FU to the Links
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University signs partnership with Air New Zealand - Massey University
Others are: Air Hawkes Bay, Nelson Aviation College, Canterbury Aero Club (IAANZ), Southern Wings....
Others are: Air Hawkes Bay, Nelson Aviation College, Canterbury Aero Club (IAANZ), Southern Wings....
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This is NOT a cadetship but more of a streamlining of selection and training for Air NZ. Applicants for the program are selected before they start then go through with CPL/MEIR in the normal fashion - not much changing there. From there the worthy will then go on to do an airline integration course, this is NOT time in the cockpit or anything like that, its about learning SOPs and ground work.
The Pilot will then go out and build 2000 hours or whatever they require and when they day comes for them to apply for air nz (or other involved airlines) then their CV will go to the top of the pile as they will be recognised as top pilots already familiarised with an airline environment.
There may be some differences to what I have talked about there but on the whole that is what Ive been told is happening and my source is about as credible as they come
The Pilot will then go out and build 2000 hours or whatever they require and when they day comes for them to apply for air nz (or other involved airlines) then their CV will go to the top of the pile as they will be recognised as top pilots already familiarised with an airline environment.
There may be some differences to what I have talked about there but on the whole that is what Ive been told is happening and my source is about as credible as they come
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From the comments above, it seems that this scheme is not designed to provide pilots for Air NZ. If successful graduates then fly around in the weeds building up hours pror to getting into one of the ANZ bits, then whats in it for Air NZ? My guess is that this is just a mechanism to put more hours on the Air NZ sims in Auckland. Any training organization with access to jet sims was therefore never going to get a look in as a trainer.
Cynical check: complete.
Cynical check: complete.
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Not sure how this goverment loan changes will effect this?? Hardly any people will have $30,000 lying around to fund their CPL. This concept might be sinking before it even starts
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Never suggested studen loans were the only way to go, but the number of students going through the system will reduce dramatically(obviously not a bad thing for most of us). Maybe 5 training organisations is a few too many..
@Split Flap. The student loans are still covering dual flying. Solo flying only needs to be self funded.
@jimmyconway. Lie down before you have a heart attack. Don't need to hear the "it was so hard in my day speech". I achieved mine without a student loan.
@Split Flap. The student loans are still covering dual flying. Solo flying only needs to be self funded.
@jimmyconway. Lie down before you have a heart attack. Don't need to hear the "it was so hard in my day speech". I achieved mine without a student loan.
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Not sure how this goverment loan changes will effect this??
I'll tell you. It will bring the supply of brand new CPL's back down to somewhere closer to where it should be.
The loan system created an artificial oversupply from students with easy access to cash. There are some training establishments that focused on that market to the detriment of the long term viability of other operators and the students themselves. A good many of whom now have a large debt and are no longer in the industry because the promises of jobs and riches simply are not true.
