quicksand wrote:MaichBlack wrote:If I'm not wrong, KQ sponsors some people to take flying courses in South Africa. I don't know the procedure but I [indirectly] know two fellows who did their piloting in S.A. under the sponsorship of KQ. They both come from families with "muscle" though so I don't know if it is the "muscle" that helped or there is a defined channel on how to apply. It can't hurt to check it out though.
Word on the street back then when I was interested in a similar career path is that a 'donation' of a mirrion,...for worthy causes,.. was very welcome
Well I know around 6 guys from my former school who went through the KQ programme and are now employed by KQ.
They are from ordinary families, not the kind that would cough up 1m for a sponsored training whose costs are to be later recovered from your family.
Infact, the first guy to join this programme from our class was a very humble guy from a humble background and he joined them a few months after we received our KCSE results.
All the guys who got KCSE sponsorship got A OR A- and were also very good in sciences. They underwent tests including some in the sciences(physics & Chem). Other tests include a health check which disqualified one of my buddies.
If you have the money, you do not need to be an A student to train. Just sponsor the young mn and if he really feels it, he will ,make it! I know a guy who got a C plain and he is a pilot.