CityJet Mentored Cadet Programme

pepe the prawn

Now open. Not a free ride though, must be able to pay for your own training at CAE Oxford.

https://www.cityjet.com/about/careers/mentored-cadet-pilot-program/

Cessna_Pilot

107k minimum and Oxford?! If I was doing it all over again I wouldn't go near this. €107k is an awful lot of money to spend to train at a very average flight school.

Full training plus a Type Rating if required can be done for less than the Cityjet asking price at better schools.

pepe the prawn

Cessna_Pilot wrote: »

107k minimum and Oxford?! If I was doing it all over again I wouldn't go near this. €107k is an awful lot of money to spend to train at a very average flight school.

Full training plus a Type Rating if required can be done for less than the Cityjet asking price at better schools.

Just goes to show how the industry is becoming a serious money spinner for the schools, the big schools are now "aligning" with airlines for these so called mentored schemes, where you pay through the bejaysus for training at a big name school rather than getting similar or better training at a lesser known school for a fraction of the cost but are left on the shelf in favour of wealthier students.


Boo.

PeteF

Could it be used as a starter for a career in Air France?

Tabnabs

Why has no third level campus ever taken up the education and training of commercial pilots? The model works very well for the maritime industry and is standard all over the world. The bespoke national maritime college of Ireland shows how economically viable it is. They have simulators, classrooms, technical facilities, small boat operations and work closely with the commercial industry to train and retrain officers and crew.

Why is the aviation industry so apparently haphazard when it comes to training and qualification?

TheCockpitGuy

PeteF wrote: »

Could it be used as a starter for a career in Air France?

Neither are connected and there is no 'easy way in'.

Pay that kind of money and then MAYBE get a job on a type that there is only 1 airline in western europe using? Id rather buy lotto tickets!!

Flyer16

Cessna Pilot, where did you train and where would you recommend? What kind of record do training schools in Ireland have for placing cadets after they have qualified?

here2be2

Hi, have been researching ways into the profession for one year now, just about to finish uni. Firstly this seems like a great opportunity. 107K is allot of money and you must be sure you want this type of career. This is a reduced rate as far as I can see for the CityJet cadets, if you look at the normal price it is well above this. Also if you look at the other main schools where you can go with airlines attached as a self sponsored this cadet scheme price is lower than those schools.


I visited the schools in Ireland and it is cheaper, however none as far as I am aware have official links to airlines. I know many people who have gone self sponsored and who have never actually got a job at the end, all have advised to tie into a airline at the start so you are reducing the risk of paying a substantial amount of money for nothing.


I have also applied for another airline cadet scheme (also where you have to pay, and they dont pay the type), but will also apply for this one as the chance of making it to the end is always tough and if get in have a free type at the end.

Tristan100

I've been invited to take an aptitude test in Oxford - does anyone know if there a guaranteed job offer at the be of the training? Or is it only of there are vacancies etc?

Flyer16

It won’t be a guaranteed job offer. There are no guarantees. It’s a bit of a leap of faith but all previous CityJet cadets have been offered jobs in recent years and the number of new courses that CityJet is offering is a good indication that they plan to continue expanding and hiring.