5 years of indentured servitude. Sounds awesome. Where do I sign up?

Wow...pilots really do see the negative in everything...

Just my opinion here, but I wish they had programs like that when I was getting my ratings. I would say that's a fair trade if someone is willing to pay for all your training.

It's different when we are talking about a type rating of course...but initial training is a different story. Not only does it save you the money, but after 5 years you can go anywhere you want. Not to mention they are going to pay you during that 5 years!

Definition of indentured servitude is:

"A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country for example (or in this case, free initial training)."

I would still like to see the contract language, but seems like a good deal in my book...... just my 2 cents.

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I agree with you, Av8r75. Free ratings for five years sounds good. Also, guaranteed employment on the other end. Most guys are staying at the WO’s longer than that waiting on the flow, and still had to pay for their ratings.

As usual, pilots are mad because someone is getting something they didn’t.

The issue I can see is for the guy going zero to hero they are saying 18months until CFI. Then say another 18months to get to ATP Mins? So that 5 years is actually 8 years all together that you are tied to Republic unless you want to pay for the training yourself. Not necessarily a bad thing, but a lot can change in the Regional world in 8 years.

Where is the tuition reimbursement coming from? All I was told was that the cost of the program is 65K and a 5-6 year commitment with use of their financing options. No mention of reimbursement.

I was told that its $65k regardless of how you pay, self funded or take advantage of their financing etc. If you are offered a position and flow to Republic they will take over the $65k in exchange for a 5 year commitment. I will report back with all of the details when I fly to Indy next week. They didnt leave much time for going into details in a 15min skype interview



I assume not everyone will be offered this opportunity as they told me during my Skype interview that they have 400 applicants.

I’d apply for it, but the initial interviews at Indy are all self funded. All that adds up fast when you’re a broke college student lol

Please do report back the details after the full interview.

I was able to talk to the LIFT director and another lady last weekend but it was at a CAF event so there were others around making it difficult to go into details. They also didn’t really seem to have all the details worked out yet either so I didn’t push.

What was the Skype interview like? I have mine a week next Monday.

Does the $65,000 include any uniforms and iPads? It seems like I read it does but now I can’t find where I read that.

Heading to Indy
 

Hey all.

I will be heading to IND to interview with LIFT the week of 23 July and I have added the tuition question to my short-list; if there are any other ab-initio types in this process feel free to message me and I will see about answering what I have gathered following my trip.

Also, if you have been through this and arent bound by nondisclosures, I'd appreciate any guidance you may have for me.

Cheers!

Bruce