Swinburne joins the Qantas Cadet Program
Monday, January 1, 2007
Qantas and Swinburne have announced a new pilot training course from January 2008, with graduates receiving an Associate Degree of Technology (Aviation).
Qantas Chief Pilot Captain Chris Manning said the course would be an important component of the Qantas Cadet Pilot Program. Successful students from the Associate Degree would be eligible to move into the Bachelor of Technology (Aviation) with advanced standing. Through this initiative, students could expect to offset up to $80,000 with the assistance of FEE-HELP making this training more affordable and equitable.
The Swinburne programs play a significant role in our strategy to expand the Qantas Cadet Pilot Program. The course will take approximately 18 months to complete and include a further two years of compulsory flying employment experience, with positions secured by Qantas. This employment may include Regular Public Transport, Charter, Instructional, Regional Airline or other flying. Employment locations may include regional or city areas in Australia or the Asia Pacific region. After this phase of training, cadets will then be considered for employment as a Second Officer with Qantas, where they would be trained on the airline's fleet of Boeing 747s, 787s, Airbus A330s and A380s.
Professor John Beynon, said the new pilot training program was a collaboration between Qantas, General Flying Services and Swinburne to produce pilot graduates with the educational requirements to become senior managers within the airline industry.
Today, the Qantas Group employs more than 3000 pilots.