The airlines are back recruiting cadets – and Griffith University has secured three through Virgin Australia.
Virgin Australia selected 18 cadets (eight already pilots and ten ab initio) across the country to start their pilot training program, among 3000 applicants in the highly competitive process.
Griffith’s highly regarded Bachelor of Aviation degree gave its cadets an edge to make the cut, with Lachlan Barr, Angus Slattery and Shelby Tillett overwhelmed to have gotten the opportunity. They were selected to the ab initio stream.
Virgin’s 54-week program is run from Adelaide where the cadets will get assigned an aircraft to train for.
Lachlan said it was a dream come true.
“Ever since I was a kid I’ve wanted to be a pilot,” said the 22-year-old.
Angus grew up in the industry with his family working in ground operations so a career in aviation was a natural choice
“I was lucky I got to travel a lot,” he said.
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