Now this really grinds my gears....

4Stroke · Post by **4Stroke** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:01 am

Wow - I had no idea it was so EASY to become an airline pilot, right OUT OF FLIGHT SCHOOL!
All I need is a CPL, MIFR and I'll get hired right away!

http://www.skyreachaviation.com

Where do I send my cheque???

ROTFLMAO

4Stroke

KAG · Post by **KAG** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:13 am

I love the part about it only taking 6 months and then your ready to apply to the airlines. What a joke. Can you say fly by night?

whipline · Post by **whipline** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:22 am

Is this Island Air by chance?

bob sacamano · Post by **bob sacamano** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:36 am

6 - 7 AM Wake up and get some exercise (pilots need to be fit)

On a side note, good for who ever it is, they have the right idea. Canada has been way behind the scene in international flight training. A year ago, a CFI/owner told me about plans for this, never got into details, but it seems that they made it happen.

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:43 am

$6,000 to $22,000 US as an airline starting salary?????

These guys should be put away for fraud.

Dredgery · Post by **Dredgery** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:47 am

I signed up! See you in the sky!

Flying Low · Post by **Flying Low** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:29 am

OK...they fit lunch in the schedule!

Are you suppose to eat breakfast before, during or after your exercise?

12 noon for lunch and no dinner til you get to the party sometime after 8pm! Oh...but don't party too hard. That hangover will be a killer on the morning exercise session!

teacher · Post by **teacher** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:03 am

You can laugh, BUT international pilot training is a big money maker IF someone can pull it off. There is a huge demand over seas for locally born pilots but in many of these countries the training infrastructore does not exist. If it does, most of the time the costs are prohibitive to most people. I've known a few companies it Toronto to venture into this market and there is a lot of money to be made IF it's done correctly. It is most times cheaper for a student to live here for a year or two to train and do the conversion back home than it is to stay in their home country to train.

4Stroke · Post by **4Stroke** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:30 am

I found that link under this website:

http://www.flyislandair.net

hmmmmmm......

bush pilot · Post by **bush pilot** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:31 am

I especially love this line,

"Start by sending in your application. We will verify your credentials and contact you within two weeks"

I think what they meen is, we will check with your financial institution to see if you have the balance required, and if so we will call you ASAP.

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:50 am

Geez, tough crowd.

It may well be that in Canada, their claims are a little, errr.. extravagant. It seems quite clear, however, that their website is aimed at an Indian audience, and so they might well be reasonably fair.

Springbok · Post by **Springbok** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:04 am

I think that this whole exercise is geared towards attracting foreign students (from India), training them up ASAP and then helping to integrate them back into their own systems and NOT the Canadian system.

The Indians do not have the greatest commercial flight training facilities but their Pakistani bros across the border do. Due to their hatred of one another, I do not think any Indians train there and so other alternatives are sought and there is a lot of money to be made.

43rd Air School in South Africa where I trained many years ago, does a lot of international student training but at the same time, they re-export the trained product and discourage them from attempting to penetrate and foul up the local SA market.

I hope these guys do the same!

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:44 pm

its a lot different here than it is in India, I wouldn't be surprised if some foreign students did their training here and did their own conversion and get hired by an airline right away....

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:25 pm

When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine university.

(they have a similar program where you get slaughtered at the end)

monkeyspankmasterflex · Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:02 pm

I think you are all jumping to conclusions. These guys are for real, would they have their company name painted on the side of air stairs if they were bogus?http://www.skyreachaviation.com/contactus.php

. . · Post by **. .** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:11 pm

hahaah that airstair thing is priceless. i can honestly say that's the worst photoshop job i've ever seen.

bob sacamano · Post by **bob sacamano** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:16 pm

Same picture on both sites:

http://www.flyislandair.net

http://www.skyreachaviation.com/start.php.

That's gonna be their zoom zoom kid....

Tight budget????

marktheone · Post by **marktheone** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:18 pm

God with the exception of the photo shopped air stairs that a pretty convincing site. I wish I knew it was that easy years ago. Oh well, too late now.

What a bunch of clowns. Chreeest

350TT · Post by **350TT** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:54 pm

When I saw this website I couldn't help but drool at the thought... it is real folks, you can become an airline pilot straight out of flight school
JUST NOT IN CANADA !!

http://www.henrybevan.co.uk/flying/

That's why I got out of Canada.

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:55 pm

350TT wrote:When I saw this website I couldn't help but drool at the thought... it is real folks, you can become an airline pilot straight out of flight school
JUST NOT IN CANADA !!

http://www.henrybevan.co.uk/flying/

That's why I got out of Canada.

there are a lot of places that train cadets, after 60 weeks...u fly as S/O for an airline with 250 hours, and ATPL written. Flight Training all paid for by the airline. Airlines like Cathay Pacific have a great cadet program, but the competition is tough....but you are garenteed an airline job right after flight school.

ZBB118.10 · Post by **ZBB118.10** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:54 pm

What's the issue here? I cannot honestly say that there isn't anything really about the website that says "major scam" In fact, it is totally professional in the way it is put together - the guy is trying to attract business from a foreign market and is selling a product with the end result of a Canadian CPL/ME/IR.

Such training facilities exist freely in other parts of the world, be it Europe or South Africa. That said, its still a harsh market and if this guy's set up turns out to be a pile of shite then it will quickly disappear. If not (as is the case with a few similar set ups in Europe) then his efforts will pay off and the school will earn a solid reputation.

At any rate, its a jump start for the flight training market in T-O. Isn't that a good thing?