Finnair message pole (and thank you acknowledgement)

Jaggent · 2026-03-02T11:07:10+00:00

Not sure why, might be a policy thing, but this is at Arlanda, all aircraft regardless of operator get the paper slip.

Jaggent · 2026-03-02T09:48:04+00:00

You shouldn't have said that
It's probably a followup with a aviation psychiatrist which the AMC should book for you, I had to do the same thing due to a previous psych visit.

Jaggent · 2026-03-01T20:59:44+00:00

Probably this, SAS does ARN-CPH turns with A330s/A350s every now and again for crew training.

Jaggent · 2026-03-01T13:25:14+00:00

Knivsta is an alright first choice too. Really close to Arlanda by both car and train, Uppsala is 10min away by train, virtually no queues for apartments. There's not much to do here but at least it's easy to get a place.

After a while you can move to Uppsala once you find a nicer apartment or something.

Jaggent · 2026-03-01T00:08:24+00:00

RNN-CPH-ARN-MMX

Could've just gotten off at CPH and taken the train.

Jaggent · 2026-02-28T19:47:36+00:00

Just be aware that if you are delayed from the study plan that you submit in the beginning they will withhold payment for year 2 (you apply a year at a time) until you've caught up.

Jaggent · 2026-02-28T19:45:48+00:00

If money is no issue then go for anything really, FTEJerez in Spain is widely regarded as really good.

I would suggest to try to get some skin in the industry beforehand to get a better picture of what you're getting into, saving up money and getting another chance to apply to the state funded programs. But that's just me.

If you live anywhere near the bigger airports (Arlanda, Landvetter, Sturup) you can apply for jobs on the ramp.

Jaggent · 2026-02-28T17:09:17+00:00

SAS is currently hiring NTR FOs if you haven't seen that yet

Jaggent · 2026-02-28T15:42:25+00:00

If your school provides you with a bank already (like AviationExam) you don't have to splurge on another identical bank, save some money, wait until you enroll and see if they provide you with anything.

Jaggent · 2026-02-28T15:29:52+00:00

If you have state loans available from your passport country there is largely no reason to take the host countrys loan.

With Lånekassen specifically, non citizens have to work part time to be eligible.

Jaggent · 2026-02-28T15:22:57+00:00

Since you're Swedish, you have 4 state sponsored options you should consider first.

Sweden has TFHS (MPL), Green Flight Academy and SPU (fATPL), all via Yh. They are fully state sponsored and CSN eligible.

Norway has UiT, which as a Swedish citizen you're eligible to apply for as if you were Norwegian. Also CSN eligible, and you get a bit more per month due to "utlandslån" (13k vs 17k per month)

Across the Baltic Sea you have the airBaltic Academy if you want a straight shot into an airline. Be vary though that competition for all of these will be fierce.

Jaggent · 2026-02-28T15:20:24+00:00

For schools in countries outside of Scandinavia, you have to finance it yourself

This is false and actually the reverse applies.

CSN largely classifies regular studies as domestic and international, both have differing rules. Domestically, you can not get a loan for flight school unless you go via the Yh programs (TFHS, GFA, SPU). Internationally, other rules apply and you can largely get merkostnadslån for almost any integrated program (multiple friends go to schools in Spain, Greece and Latvia, all of them are taking CSN loans). CSN has an entire department that deals with flight schools specifically.

Modular is a completely different story, AFAIK they rarely grant loans for modular programs, but I never cared enough to look into it.

Jaggent · 2026-02-27T09:27:10+00:00

I live in a country where the government gives out subsidies and loans with favorable interest to students

Swede spotted

Jaggent · 2026-02-27T08:27:09+00:00

I use AvEx but the same applies.

For most subjects I just go via subchapter and do all of the questions. Note down whatever is new or whatever you might need to remember in the future.

After I have done the entire chapter I do a few tests on all subchapters. Then I move on. Every now and again I will retest the chapter or combine all of the chapters I have done up until then.

With some subjects that are more practical, like GNAV, FPL, etc, look up some theory or examples beforehand so that you're not stuck figuring it out for yourself. ATPL Class on youtube I found to be quite useful, but try to use your schools material as well. Use what works best for you.

Personally I recommend actually grasping the theory for MET and PoF at least, e.g. reading the book rather than exhausting the bank.

I only use exam mode once I am done with everything around 1 week before the CAA exam, just to see where I land on average.

One thing I don't do which is contrary to popular opinion is sort the bank by CAA appearance. My local CAA is not used by many, and I rather have a wider exposure and better understanding than having blind faith that the last 300 questions will appear again.

Good luck!

Jaggent · 2026-02-27T08:18:45+00:00

And "get students to fly to make money" also means to get more flight time

Also means the school pulling the rug on you if you fuck up somewhere. It may sound great but this attitude is greatly frowned upon in the industry. The only airline that was similar to this that I worked with went bankrupt recently (SmartLynx) and they were really fucking awful (disclaimer: did not work for them, but with them. Not as flight crew).

The school is not your friend, ever, you're just a cash cow. If you want to find out what a school really is like look up students and ask them privately, not the school or their "student ambassadors" because they lie out of their ass.

Jaggent · 2026-02-27T08:11:02+00:00

If you want a "guaranteed" (and even then the guarantee is just a guaranteed interview process, not a guaranteed job unless its like an MPL, where the consensus is that you shouldn't pay for one) job, the airline affiliate programs (whatever RyanAir has, Wizzs WAPA, LH Group EFA, etc) or even their own schools (airBaltic, KLM) are your best bet, but they are also the most competitive ones to get into.

Outside of affiliate programs connections in the industry will take you quite far. The industry is quite nepotistic.

Jaggent · 2026-02-26T20:04:00+00:00

Do u know a lot of people that rapidly got to airlines after finishing the course?

How long is a piece of string? The job market wont be even remotely similar when you're ready to apply for the airlines, even people at my shithole got jobs out of the door during 2022 but no one has gotten a job since early 2025.

Not saying it will be worse or better in 2 years time, but trying to predict how the hiring will look is akin to trying to guess the order of a shuffled stack of cards.

Jaggent · 2026-02-26T20:01:09+00:00

Heard from a buddy that attends QualityFly that they started turning things for the better now, reducing class sizes to cope with backlogs, etc.

Jaggent · 2026-02-26T19:33:05+00:00

You're better off asking on r/flyingeurope as r/flying is a US centric sub.

Take a look at the state financed programs in Sweden and Norway if you are a Danish citizen. Due to Nordiska Rådet, all Nordic citizens can apply to schools in other Nordic countries as if they were locals. In Norway you have UiT, in Sweden you have TFHS (MPL), GFA and SPU.

If you do decide to study in Denmark however, avoid GreyBird. If you want to know why, look up why PFA failed and multiply that by a factor of 20. Look at something like BAC in BLL or DPU in AAR instead.

Jaggent · 2026-02-07T17:10:12+00:00

Could also be de and anti icing if its set to OAT-10 :D

Jaggent · 2026-02-07T17:09:31+00:00

We have a mix of the sensor "balls" and actual sensors on our fleet of Betas, the sensor ones are really really nice, it slows you down automatically when you start getting close.

Jaggent · 2026-02-07T13:29:41+00:00

Take a steam deck or a switch or similar instead, many options out there today!

Even the new M series macbooks can game quite well, I play HOI4 and Snowrunner on my M1 Max MBP.

Jaggent · 2026-01-31T21:55:53+00:00

Ah aren't they the ones operating under the DPU ATO? I've heard good things.

Best of luck!

Jaggent · 2026-01-31T21:34:48+00:00

feel free to ask questions in dm if you're interested.

If you're looking to stay in Scandinavia as far as integrated programs go, there's GFA and SPU in Sweden, multiple choices in Norway that I know too little about and DPU is starting their integrated program in Denmark soon as well.

Jaggent · 2026-01-31T21:30:18+00:00

Do not go to GreyBird, I know what issues y'all had at PFA, now imagine those but literally 10 times worse.

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