Jetstar Swinburne/Oxford Cadetship 2013
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I can't see anything deceptive in the JQ cadetships, although the NZ employment thing was definitely a bit shifty.
Why bum around in planes that were old before I was born, earning peanuts in GA for years with no certainty of a long term career? A cadetship would probably mean I get to the airlines and a decent career years earlier.
If the cadetship gets me to the airlines five years early and I earn an average of $70k a year more than GA, the cadetship is worth something like $350k to me.
Why bum around in planes that were old before I was born, earning peanuts in GA for years with no certainty of a long term career? A cadetship would probably mean I get to the airlines and a decent career years earlier.
If the cadetship gets me to the airlines five years early and I earn an average of $70k a year more than GA, the cadetship is worth something like $350k to me.
Here here. If you don't want to hear the truth, why'd you ask?
Because you gain valuable command experience that'll stay with you for the rest of your career. And peanuts? I know GA doesn't pay that well, but peanuts? It sure as hell pays better these days than it did!
The aviation industry is more than just the airlines sonny jim.
As j3 said, if you don't like what people are telling you, how about you just tell us what you want to hear, and we'll regurgitate it for you,
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Why bum around in planes that were old before I was born, earning peanuts in GA for years with no certainty of a long term career? A cadetship would probably mean I get to the airlines and a decent career years earlier
The aviation industry is more than just the airlines sonny jim.
As j3 said, if you don't like what people are telling you, how about you just tell us what you want to hear, and we'll regurgitate it for you,
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None of the people bagging the JQ cadetship seem to have any direct experience with it.
All I want is to hear first-hand from someone who has.
Realistically, who here would really want to hang around hot dusty airports flying decrepit old C206s for a minimum wage if they had the choice of flying jets for an airline and making three time the money?
All I want is to hear first-hand from someone who has.
Realistically, who here would really want to hang around hot dusty airports flying decrepit old C206s for a minimum wage if they had the choice of flying jets for an airline and making three time the money?
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Realistically, who here would really want to hang around hot dusty airports flying decrepit old C206s for a minimum wage if they had the choice of flying jets for an airline and making three time the money?
None of the people bagging the JQ cadetship seem to have any direct experience with it.
Doing your time in GA will make you a much better pilot, teach you about airmanship and interacting with other aircraft, develop the contacts you will need later in your career and might actually be fun!
Your attitude is of the reasons I prefer not to fly deathstar.
ps. Seems everyone seems to selectively ignore the fact that the job is not guaranteed with the cadetship.
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Now now people. If I was 18 and was offered a cadetship I would have taken it too. And, had the interweb existed, I might have embarrassed myself on public forums by speaking my mind a little too freely. Let's not get too excited about LKinnon's enthusiasm at this early stage of his career.
LK - I hope you succeed in your career, whichever way it pans out. In my experience though, it's unwise to do anything just for the money. By all means go for the airlines, but all that glitters is not gold as they say.
LK - I hope you succeed in your career, whichever way it pans out. In my experience though, it's unwise to do anything just for the money. By all means go for the airlines, but all that glitters is not gold as they say.
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