Bachelor of Aviation students at Griffith University could become future pilots with Qantas thanks to a new partnership.
The Qantas Future Pilot Program provides students with access to experienced pilots during their degree, with selected students invited to complete an intensive 12-week Airline Transition Course.
Graduates can then transition to employment with QantasLink and complete their training under the supervision of QantasLink’s experienced training team and become qualified as First Officers flying the airline’s Dash 8 200/300 or Q400 fleet.
The program is open to a potential pool of 300 students in the next few years.
QantasLink Chief Executive Officer John Gissing said the program would build the next generation of exceptional pilots from within Australia’s top aviation schools and provided students with unparalleled benefits and job certainty not available with any other training program.
“Aviation students will have an enormous head start to their career as a pilot. They will not only benefit from a direct
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