ST Aviation Academy to train Qatar Airways MPL cadet pilots

[chronos1701]

I recall them mentioning trying to start in August but no firm date was given. Could be anywhere in August. Maybe they're trying to take in the current CPL transfers first?? Just a wild guess...

[kentytk]

Course fee payment

Anyone have information of the payment milestones for the course ?

When are we expected to pay and the amount that we have to pay.

STAA's CPL course is $138Kplus into 9 separate installments.

I guessed the MPL course is abit different. Forgot to ask them during the interview.

[Stallone]

Rough break down based on SGD

00 mth - 23k
06 mth - 63k
11 mth - 47k
15 mth - 40k
16 mth - 23k

this is a rough gauge, not confirmed as the course is based on USD, can increase/decrease quite significantly

[grey_11]

Another week with no news ???

[Crazyfans86]

apparently its ramadan in dubai now ..

[flying.monkeyz]

And what does Dubai has to do with Qatar?

[chronos1701]

All the gulf states are having Ramadan now. I think office staff work half day everyday during this month...

[grey_11]

Could it be that the interviews are ongoing, just that those of us here are not selected for the next round of interview?

[flying.monkeyz]

Yup. Sounds like a plausible possibility.

[kentytk]

Rather than waiting indefinitely, think we can be more proactive.

I will email them next week to ask about my status,

[grey_11]

"Final round"?

Does that mean the second round of interview (Qatar + STAA) is over or there isn't such a round?

[chronos1701]

Thanks for the info. I was always under the impressin that there were only 2 interviews....

[richard III]

155k???NASA can come up with an astronaut for that kind of money....there may be rich people in Singapore but they are not stupid, that's why they are rich, why pay 3 times as much for flight training?

[kentytk]

what do u guys gain by posting comments like what u all just did ?

negative comments about other people make u feel better ?

I know that the web world is also a free world.... but

Spare a thought for others.

What goes around comes around.

[flying.monkeyz]

Heard from a reliable source that STAA President wants to interview candidates before being interviewed by the Qataris. Maybe this being a new batch for a new client he's being a bit KS.

[Stallone]

woo... CEO Peh is gonna be busy screening so many candidates

[grey_11]

Thanks for the insider info Flying monkeyz.

It's been 1 month of waiting...

[sgcloudchaser]

what are options to find funding for self sponsored ab initio programs like staa/cae3k/ctc which total up to nearly 200k sgd? other from own savings and family loan

[kentytk]

I think that if one does not have too much savings, then it will be hard to fund for the course.
Most local banks don't recognize flight training fees as educational loans.
The bank that STAA recommends is RHB bank, but they are only willing to lend up to 6 times monthly salary or $100,000 which ever is lower.
So be prepared to source for the remaining $100,000 and that is excluding the expenses that cadets will incur while being jobless for 18 months.

Wondered how did the first batch of MPL cadets for tigerairways funded their training.

[smiling monkey]

Welcome to the industry. Those of us who have been there and done that, fully understand your dilemma of how to go about funding your career. Only difference is that it didn't cost me (nor my counterparts) that kind of money for training in the past. In today's value, it would have been 1/4 of what you guys have been asked to pay, but then again, you're pretty much assured of a job at the end of it unlike those of us who invested in our careers with nothing but hopes and dreams of a job at the end of training. Those who persisted, make it in to the airlines; those that didn't, fall away by the wayside. That's the harsh reality of the aviation industry. Welcome to the jungle.