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China Southern Airlines will be the first mainland airline to recruit 100 pilots willing to pay for their own flight training, said a company announcement.
Men aged 20 to 27 with at least a high-school diploma can sign up at the China Southern web site for enrolment by the end of June, said China Southern president Si Xianmin.
Each candidate is expected to pay CNY652,000 (US$84,675) for training, raising money from 10-year bank loans with China Southern acting as a warrantor. China's pilots earn CNY2.9 million over 10 years and the bank loans along with the interest are expected to amount to CNY900,000.
More than 90 per cent of China's pilots are trained by the Sichuan-based Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) under the supervision of the CAAC, which recruits up to 1,000 pilots a year. Pilot trainees have to study and train in the CAFUC for four years before they graduate with a licence and a bachelor's degree.
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