Very Poor Credit

Posted by admin on October 11th, 2009 at 12:00am

Question:
I am planning on being a commercial pilot. I currently have a very poor credit score. Would there happen to be any airline funded training programs?
I am attempting to find ways of being an airline pilot without taking a large loan out with a bank since I have a very poor credit rating at the moment. Would there happen to be any other ways I may fund my training, for example, airline funded programs, etc.?

Answers:
Work while taking flying lessons. I was previously a full time flight attendant and received my ratings through commercial through that method, before getting to be a pilot.
It seems boring, but it is possible and can be done. Perhaps you could live with your parents during your flight lessons. You do not need to necessarily go through a flight school. They are really costly and not really necessary.
If a person says they’ll give you anything for free, they are lying. No flight school is going to pay for someone to fly, because there are too many individuals trying to be pilots. If this is what you actually wish to do, you are going to find a way, even if it involves taking longer to obtain your ratings.

I am also in this same position of having very poor credit.
The Oxford Aviation Academy is offering a scheme funding at the moment. Besides A-levels, it does not seem very selective, but you will not be sure unless you apply.
I am employed by a well known budget airline, in the cabin crew, and they issue sponsorship to long term workers, so I’m doing my PPL modular at the moment to become eligible but I can barely afford it.
Try calling flight schools directly, and also let me know when you locate anything decent. All the best.

As another person had stated, airlines do offer sponsorship programs where recruitments are picked and trained through their rigorous training schools and quickly brought to their ATPL.

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