Speedbird Pilot Academy - Funded
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It could be anything but I’ve been told to expect distance-speed-time-eta type questions, ground-vs-airspeed, ROD and TOD calculations maybe. Or perhaps random examples that test similar abilities.
Basically, I’d expect lots of addition and subtraction, multiplication and division of 3 digit numbers.
And it can’t hurt to brush up on BODMAS surely!
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From: Sussex
Been scouring the speedbird details as much as possible but can’t find the answer to my question! While the course is funded, and they contribute to accomodation ect, will they still pay you while doing the training? Having a mortgage means I have bills to pay but don’t want to miss out on the oppertunity!
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From: FLSomething
Been scouring the speedbird details as much as possible but can’t find the answer to my question! While the course is funded, and they contribute to accomodation ect, will they still pay you while doing the training? Having a mortgage means I have bills to pay but don’t want to miss out on the oppertunity!
You’ve got maybe six months. If the mortgage is due and you have literally zero savings, this is where you pick up the second, third and fourth job to bank some cash.
Throw your life on an interest free credit card for a couple of years if you have to. To let this pass because you’ve got a few loose ends will be something you never stop regretting.
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Been scouring the speedbird details as much as possible but can’t find the answer to my question! While the course is funded, and they contribute to accomodation ect, will they still pay you while doing the training? Having a mortgage means I have bills to pay but don’t want to miss out on the oppertunity!
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From: Wales
Arw they reffering to UK CAA exams only? I have got exams passed under Austro control, so technically it would be my first attempt with UK CAA
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They didn’t specify CAA or EASA, just that if you’ve completed any ATPL exams you wouldn’t be eligible. They also didn’t specify the reason being to do with first time passes to my knowledge?
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Really disappointed but keeping hopeful they launch another program for similar people to myself in near future.
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I cannot understand why I wouldn't be eligible, as my exams are not valid in the eyes of CAA yet proves I'm more than capable of passing them. About the first time passes, I saw it in one of the comments in this chat
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From: FLSomething
You do, or if you don’t then starting training without a clear financial plan was pretty courageous.
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Said it before, I’ll say it again - it still doesn’t mean these opportunities are not worth their weight in gold to modular students too. You say this as if a 30k loan to complete a CPL ME IR is nothing.
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Count yourself lucky you can get a loan to finish your training, I’m not in a position to do that and nor are many other people. The reality is a £30k loan to compete your CPL ME IR actually isn’t that bad, that’s the cost of a degree these days and I know which has the better earning capacity.
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I would hope that places for any cadet programme are offered solely on ability, regardless of financial background. Quite simply, the passengers deserve nothing less. I've long criticised airlines which exclude people who can't pay £100k and I think it's fantastic that things seem to be changing, however someone with millionaire parents or who has had a successful career and earned enough to self-fund shouldn't be excluded if they are the strongest candidate based on ability.
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From: Troposphere
I would hope that places for any cadet programme are offered solely on ability, regardless of financial background. Quite simply, the passengers deserve nothing less. I've long criticised airlines which exclude people who can't pay £100k and I think it's fantastic that things seem to be changing, however someone with millionaire parents or who has had a successful career and earned enough to self-fund shouldn't be excluded if they are the strongest candidate based on ability.
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Count yourself lucky you can get a loan to finish your training, I’m not in a position to do that and nor are many other people. The reality is a £30k loan to compete your CPL ME IR actually isn’t that bad, that’s the cost of a degree these days and I know which has the better earning capacity.
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From: FLSomething
The reality is to go from nothing to employment in the RHS of a commercial aircraft you’re, realistically, looking at close to triple that.
