squirto33

Hey there its been 2 years since this forum was last updated, im just doing the first stage of interviews for rex cadetships at the moment (the wombat test) i have so many questions about the cadetship as im not straight out of high school i have a partner now and am currently paying off my own house i have been doing my ppl bit by bit as i can afford it the ultimate goal is to become a commercial pilot, i was hoping that someone here has gone on to do a bit more with rex and might be able to give an understanding because from what i have read and the only chance i got to ask ( i think was an admin lady) i havent got great responses, first off i have to qualms selling my property and relocating to wagga to carry out the training and my partner has no problems however from what i understand rex requires me to live on campus in which my partner can not, and im expexted to be there pretty much all of the time throughout the 8+ months of training which doesnt sound very good for relationships at all, my second problem is the cost vs reward, ultimatly a commercial pilot regardless of pay is what i want to do, however basically borrowing an extra 100k which has in the real world no value to hold against it for a guaranteed job which pays (i think) in the vicinity of 50-60kp.a seems a bit much as one you start working you will then have to return to paying for your house or rent either way i can only imagine you are losing already atleast 20% of your pay to training repayments then to pay living costs for a major city even between 2 people seems like ill end up living on scraps for seven years which is probably not an ideal life choice? i was just wondering if there was anyone here that could give further insite into rex and cadetships and if they have done it how they found it, enjoyment wise but also financially and if you think it is probably better if i just keep doing what im doing and get my cpl in 3-4years but debt free at the end? just a side note i do plan on doing atleast the first stages of interviews as i want to experience the 'wombat test' and im hoping to get the oppurtunity to ask someone in the 'know' at rex a lot more questions but any help here would be greatly appreciated thankyou. squirto.