Cadet Pilot
55 weeks at the Qantas academy. $130K to train, self-funded. Jetstar first officer starts on $128K.
Top Gun and Maverick made being a pilot look like supersonic flybys. The reality is closer to a 20-year-old cadet at the Qantas Pilot Academy in Toowoomba, doing a walk-around inspection of a diamond-DA 40-single engine trainer at sunrise, checking the control surfaces, oil and fuel before the day's first navigation flight. The Qantas Group. Pilot Academy at Wellcamp runs a 55-week, UB and Niteo integrated course delivered by flight training Adelaide. Cadets graduate with a Casa Commercial Pilots license, a multi-engine command instrument rating, the theory credits for the airline transport pilot's license, and a multi-crew cooperation qualification. Course fee, approximately 130,000. Graduates get an invitation to the Qantas Group. Assessment Centre for Potential Employment with Qantas Link, JetStar or Network Aviation.
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