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Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
17th Sep 2003, 04:05
Replies: 653
Views: 125,742
Posted By tonyblair

Hello Rich I've got a mate who got through...

Hello Rich

I've got a mate who got through and is on one of the early courses. he hasn't done his exams yet, but told me that the first courses have achieved a 100% first time pass rate with an...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Jun 2003, 18:02
Replies: 21
Views: 5,014
Posted By tonyblair

From the TCA website. I was told at interview...

From the TCA website. I was told at interview that the allowances work out at approx £6,000 more to start with.

As a Cadet Entry Pilot you will enter the airline as a Cadet Entry First Officer...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
5th Jun 2003, 05:31
Replies: 9
Views: 983
Posted By tonyblair

All very valid advice Scroggs (as usual). ...

All very valid advice Scroggs (as usual). Interesting to hear though from airlines (at whatever level) rather than flight school salesmen about the 'where to train' and 'modular vs. integrates'...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Jun 2003, 13:04
Replies: 4
Views: 1,042
Posted By tonyblair

Oh dear, here we go again

I was also unsuccessful. However, my perspective is totally different from yours David. Had I got through the sim ride I would have gone for this like a shot (as presumably you would have;...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
2nd Jun 2003, 12:33
Replies: 2
Views: 1,282
Posted By tonyblair

Looks to me like you qualify for easyJet ...

Looks to me like you qualify for easyJet

Good luck (http://www.easyjet.com/en/jobs/pilotrecruitment_typeratingsponsorshipscheme.html)

:ok:
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
13th May 2003, 06:52
Replies: 21
Views: 5,014
Posted By tonyblair

Good points PP and tailscrape. As I said, I...

Good points PP and tailscrape. As I said, I don’t know enough about JMC and easyJet’s salaries to compare, although looking at the IPA data they seem not to be terrible – there are plenty of others...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
12th May 2003, 23:46
Replies: 21
Views: 5,014
Posted By tonyblair

Hi pilotpj There’s only one £60K bond, not...

Hi pilotpj

There’s only one £60K bond, not 2. Therefore you don’t pay anything for your training.

I’m pretty sure that the bond repayment is in addition rather than out of your salary, Captain...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
8th May 2003, 02:53
Replies: 16
Views: 2,033
Posted By tonyblair

Steady the buffs

That's unusually aggressive for you WWW :ouch:
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
8th May 2003, 01:19
Replies: 21
Views: 5,014
Posted By tonyblair

I had problems getting my head round it until I...

I had problems getting my head round it until I attended selection. Basically:

- they pay for all your training and extras (said to be £100,000 worth) and give you about £14,000 in allowances;...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th May 2003, 04:27
Replies: 59
Views: 11,889
Posted By tonyblair

I don't understand

RTO

What you say would be logical; if CTC were not over-subscribed for the places on their scheme, which are limited by airline demand. However, one assumes that the quote that started off this...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th May 2003, 04:07
Replies: 54
Views: 7,645
Posted By tonyblair

Nurse, nurse

One of them has got onto the computer again :rolleyes:

Scroggs/WWW I know it's a free country (Iraq is, anyway), but do we have to put up with the destruction of a serious debate by inputs like...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
2nd May 2003, 05:25
Replies: 59
Views: 11,889
Posted By tonyblair

I’ve got the article here. The bit you refer...

I’ve got the article here.

The bit you refer to is:

“Many [commercial pilots] are due to retire and fewer ex-military pilots are retraining for commercial work, with the result that the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd May 2003, 04:41
Replies: 225
Views: 43,514
Posted By tonyblair

It's worth doing a search on here for CATS ;)

It's worth doing a search on here for CATS ;)
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
24th Feb 2003, 04:22
Replies: 31
Views: 4,868
Posted By tonyblair

tiny profit?

www you said OATS will be making a tiny profit. However, they charge £thousands more than their competitors (something like £12,000 more for their integrated course).

I conclude they are either...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
20th Feb 2003, 02:58
Replies: 20
Views: 3,708
Posted By tonyblair

Unhappy I don't know how accurate this is but...

I was told by a 'guru', who is better placed than anyone else I have come across, that over the last 10 years in the UK about 1,500 people a year on average start out training and that there have...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Feb 2003, 18:08
Replies: 62
Views: 8,790
Posted By tonyblair

How's the job search going Leith? ;)

How's the job search going Leith? ;)
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
8th Feb 2003, 17:12
Replies: 653
Views: 125,742
Posted By tonyblair

Thumbs up Well done guys!

1st Course (http://www.ctc-mcalpine.com/pr04.02.2003.htm) - are any of you PPRuNers?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Feb 2003, 20:12
Replies: 62
Views: 8,790
Posted By tonyblair

Oh sh1t - sorry folks

If this is true (sounds pretty authentic) this is another disaster (PPSC/4 Forces/SFT...). A few weeks ago I was amongst a few wannabes talking to someone very well connected in the training...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
1st Feb 2003, 20:28
Replies: 51
Views: 4,450
Posted By tonyblair

Still not convinced PTF

£5,000 for 10 hrs in the OAT 'sim'. You have to be kidding. It's not a sim, its an FNPT 2 MCC. There was a thread explaining all about if some while back. If I remember correctly, there are 3...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
31st Jan 2003, 17:16
Replies: 51
Views: 4,450
Posted By tonyblair

You want facts my boy?

PT Flea

Ah, I forgot BAe's recent price rise. It was about £54K including food and accommodation, but as Red Ice says it is now about £60K. There must be punishing inflation in Spain as well as...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
30th Jan 2003, 22:09
Replies: 19
Views: 5,867
Posted By tonyblair

Lack of sponsorships?

Well, other than

Britannia
flybe
easyJet
JMC
CTC McAlpine
Buzz
Air Atlantic
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
30th Jan 2003, 22:01
Replies: 51
Views: 4,450
Posted By tonyblair

Thumbs down You cannot be serious

IMHO the OATS APP is one of the most cynical marketing cons that the flight school industry has spat out for as long as I’ve been aware of it (since I was about 16). They charge £72,000 for the same...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
25th Jan 2003, 20:07
Replies: 653
Views: 125,742
Posted By tonyblair

Fancy navigator A comprehensive post and I...

Fancy navigator

A comprehensive post and I agree with almost all of what you say. All but what Rod Wren said about failing the aptitude tests. He stressed several times that failing any section...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd Jan 2003, 23:26
Replies: 11
Views: 1,402
Posted By tonyblair

sponsorship

I heard from a friend of a friend (so not guaranteed reliable source) that one of the CTC McAlpine cadets selected for the first course is an ex-bmi successful cadet (ie selected before 9/11 but not...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
22nd Jan 2003, 21:02
Replies: 653
Views: 125,742
Posted By tonyblair

Wow...

Wow (http://www.ctc-mcalpine.com/pr22.01.2003.htm) they are cracking through wannabes!
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
10th Jan 2003, 22:49
Replies: 653
Views: 125,742
Posted By tonyblair

Cool Who is it?

I hear that they have selected the first bunch. Does anyone know who's got through? They must know now as they are starting in New Zealand in Feb.

BBD, you seem to have got a long way through. ...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
7th Jan 2003, 06:11
Replies: 13
Views: 1,473
Posted By tonyblair

Thumbs down I looked at this and decided that other than...

I looked at this and decided that other than selection (with a conflict of interests for them!) it's a standard integrated course cloaked in lots of spin at an outragous price - £72,000 including...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd Dec 2002, 20:55
Replies: 27
Views: 5,566
Posted By tonyblair

100% sponsorship?

They used to say the BA sponsorship was 100%. I guess it was as you didn't need any money to get onto it. However, they were up front about paying less to cadets during their early years.

The...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd Dec 2002, 20:30
Replies: 18
Views: 1,741
Posted By tonyblair

Unhappy What happens if I don't get selected?

There are only so many airline jobs that come available in the UK each year.

A proportion of those will go to sponsored cadets.
Some will be taken by people leaving the RAF (or the other armed...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd Dec 2002, 09:59
Replies: 41
Views: 4,014
Posted By tonyblair

More Euros

BAe just put up the price again - now 92,000 Euros. Isn't that the second time this year?

So OATS renamed their integrated course and now charge £72,000 including accommodation (plus extra for...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Dec 2002, 07:05
Replies: 11
Views: 1,849
Posted By tonyblair

Yawn

Come on guys, this has been done to death here – use the search & you’ll read all about Malgus. From memory, 650:1 are the odds of you getting through. However, they sponsor the course, they don’t...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
12th Dec 2002, 21:50
Replies: 41
Views: 4,014
Posted By tonyblair

I doubt if I'm much better informed than you, but...

I doubt if I'm much better informed than you, but here goes!

1 Are you eligible for sponsorship? If you are, then why on earth consider paying for your own training until you have exhausted the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
12th Dec 2002, 15:29
Replies: 27
Views: 3,336
Posted By tonyblair

rejections

Master Yoda - look on page one of this thread :(
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
4th Dec 2002, 21:23
Replies: 5
Views: 1,758
Posted By tonyblair

Cool Other than carb, did anyone else apply for JMC...

Other than carb, did anyone else apply for JMC only? Have you got responses yet?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
4th Dec 2002, 18:55
Replies: 187
Views: 34,011
Posted By tonyblair

Talking Yes!

Quite a few stages to go though!

They are pretty good with information.

Hey Carb, I wouldn't panic; my email arrived after some of the others - I guess they have a lot to get through. :)
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