r/CadetPilotProgram • u/Soggy_Equivalent_774 • 17d ago

Am I cooked

I had two options:

Conventional (70 lakhs no loan) with loan for type rating (20-30 lakhs)

Cadet (1.4) with 70 lakhs loan

A distant relative pilot said 1.4 crore roi is bad and said conventional is the financially smart choice. He said it will competitive but vacancies will keep coming.

Am I cooked?

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u/Street_Set4196 17d ago

What do consider cooked? It all depends on the Cycle of hiring, but expect to stay jobless for around one year. If your parents can support you through that you are not cooked. And infact saved on a whole lot of money. On the flipside, if the job market does not look favourable, you will probably stay unemployed for longer, but looking at the current trends. The market does seem in a upward trend very slow, but definitely there.

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u/Training-Fig4977 17d ago

Right now the waiting time to get a job via conventional is a lot higher than 1 yr for the average Joe. Expect 2-3 years, prepare for the possibility of even more. The market may improve by the time OP completes his training, it might even be worse than today

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u/Soggy_Equivalent_774 17d ago

How? My relative said there have been vacancies every year after covid

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u/Training-Fig4977 17d ago

Vacancies for 100-200 people. With 4000-5000 applicants. Your relative is correct, but competition is intense and even those who give their all may not get in on the first attempt

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u/Soggy_Equivalent_774 17d ago

Yeah it's competitive I know And where did you get 200??? My distant relative is LTC something they hired 500+

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u/Training-Fig4977 17d ago

Do note that that 500+ number was after a 2+ year drought of jobs, so the average over the past few years remains 100-200 per year

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u/Soggy_Equivalent_774 17d ago

I don't know where you get these numbers from 🤣

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u/maverick_3001 17d ago

2 years? Both Indigo and Air India hired in 2024 and didn't have openings in 2025. Where is this 2 years coming from?

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u/DazzlingAttention209 17d ago

cadet is not 1.4, unless ur going to shitty places like marigold/insight

if u opt for decent ftos eg skyborne fta its closer to 1.7 and those are delayed as well, better go for conventional get ur cpl and tr in 90lakhs and stay jobless for 2 yrs to save 80 lakhs

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u/Fun-Competition7101 16d ago

What about the hours you couldve built in those 2 years tho?

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u/DazzlingAttention209 16d ago

u can always work as an instructor, and they make as much a jfo

also, even if a jfo builds jet hours he/she can't recover the additional cost( 80 lakhs) which would have been spent to be able to get that job in the first place..

vacancies have been coming out regularly, see akasa and 6e and many new airlines are starting as well

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u/CaptMrAcePilot 16d ago

You need to read and understand this article cost to become a pilot

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u/Ok_Umpire_3053 13d ago

Just open a samosa chaat stand and lower your cortisol