Oxford Aviation Acadamy

[Lord Spandex Masher]

Originally Posted by sir fizzy

Also OAA is looked upon as the Best flight school in the world.

Erm...really?

[norton2005]

Sir fizzy, the BA thing died out quite a while ago!!! And to qualify for any of the other schemes that happen every now and again, you have to have a near perfect final report, otherwise you won't stand a chance. So going to oxford based purely on how oxford can help you when you finish is very unwise! Also timing plays a part, all the guys that finished in the heat of the recession are being bypassed for schemes for the newer fresher graduates. So a bit of luck will always come into these things.

[sir fizzy]

thats not what oaa's skills protection plan says

[sir fizzy]

or you could fly fast jets for the military for 5 years and gain the 500+ hours you need for work at B.A

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BA Recruitment...

Thank you all for beating me to the reply, I was fratically checking every folder of every email account I possess for the contract from BA, I must have deleted it...darn...

As for BACF I'm not holding my breath, either.

I suspect that many OAA Grads live in the desperate hope that SSP might make a reappearance, personally I'm too busy trying to get on with my life and minimise the amount of time I spend dreaming (although five minutes never hurt, did it...?).

[Lord Spandex Masher]

Originally Posted by sir fizzy

or you could fly fast jets for the military for 5 years and gain the 500+ hours you need for work at B.A

Is that the new length of the short service commission then?

At 7 hours a month how long would it really take, even if you ignore leave and ground tours?

Do you think that is all that is required to get a job at BA?

[Whirlygig]

thats not what oaa's skills protection plan says

In the words of Mandy Rice-Davies ... "they would say that, wouldn't they?"

Cheers

Whirls

[hollingworthp]

The last interviews of OAA pre-grads for BA would have been just under 2.5 years ago - some of them made it to the hold pool - not that that helped much.

As redsnail says - troll.

[Ryan Bell]

Well, It's been a while since I started this thread and it seems it has gained a lot of interest. I've done much more research and had to think rationally about the situation. I've been speaking to one of my friends who was actually the youngest F/O in the United Kingdom at one point. He used the CTC Wings cadet program (which I know is kind of frowned upon by those old school pilots). The actually program looks very attractive in my eye, which is the reason I have applied to start the course. Although you may say "It's a wast of money to throw yourself into a course, get less than average training, be put in a holding pool for over a year then be thrown into a budget airline position which is most likely going to be EasyJet."

Well at this present time I'd be happy to take any position within any reasonable airline. If I am successful through out all the stages, well that's great - goal accomplished. If not, it's only the beginning of a journey to get to where I want to be. I've grew out of the mind set of "if I don't get that it's the end of the world", which was a terrible attitude to have when I looked back at it.

- Ryan.

[Halfwayback]

This thread has run its course after almost a year. There are some more up to date threads so this one is closed

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