The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) expressed apprehensions on Tuesday that Jetstar's accelerated pilot training program could put cadets with less experience in control of the company's fleet of aircrafts.

AIPA said that the traditional prerequisite for pilots who would handle commercial flights was at least 1500 hours of flying experience yet Jetstar's cadetship program of only 18 months or roughly 200 hours of flying would already warrant a pilot seat once completed.

AIPA president Barry Jackson is worried that pilots who completed the abridged training program would not be up to the task of flying a commercial aircraft as he stressed that his group would "want to ensure proper training is carried out throughout all the industry so that our standards are kept up to the very high levels we've come to expect in Australia."

Mr Jackson noted that more and more airlines were slowly adopting the fast-tracked scheme of training their pilots but he cautioned that this tactic could prove detrimental in the long run as he cited that "we've seen accidents around the world that are related to poor training and inexperience."

The pilot group also scored Jetstar's program for charging student pilots for an upfront fee of $21,000 and charging the balance on pilots' future pay slips, which Mr Jackson characterised as a scheme that puts premium on savings over safety.

He said that to cope with plunging airfares, airlines must devise ways to save money and it was unfortunate that young pilots must be short-changed on their trainings and shell out some cash in order for companies to realise viable savings.

However, a Jetstar spokesman downplayed the pilot's concerns and countered that "the company conducts its business to the highest safety standards," stressing that scheme provides the opportunity "for highly skilled individuals to take a streamlined approach to entry into a major domestic and international airline with a world-class quality provider."

Jetstar's pilot training program is being conducted as a joint venture with Oxford Aviation Academy and Melbourne's Swineburne University though both entities told ABC that they would not comment on the program's safety concerns.