How many hours? 200? 500? 800? 1000?

[RickPhucked]

Upon completion of ATPL course 'such as the jerez deal' how many hours do end up with?
Im getting the impression around 200 or similar. Am I completely wrong?
If i am right, how do you get the 1000 hours for a turboprop job at british european for instance, do you have to fly with logonair or similar on the shorts to build up the hours.
Can some explain.
Thanks

[Eff Oh]

Hi Rick.
As you thought you get 200hrs from an "approved corse" such as Jerez. As for that first job......Well thats harder to answer!! I had 250hrs when I got my first turboprop job on a Saab 340. Lots of people got jobs on my course with 200hrs. I am not saying that is normal!! I then got a job on a B757 with 900hrs. So if you think about it I wouldnt have had enough hours for the Dash-8! :o
Eff Oh.

[foghorn]

- Get an FI rating and instruct.
- Go back to your old non-aviation job and try to earn enough money to keep current.
- Buy a Shed type rating.
- Tow gliders.
- Fly for an air taxi outfit.
- Find an aerial photography job.

(In rough order of popularity)

Basically do anything that keeps your head above water and keeps the hours tally going upwards.

In a good job market (before 11-SEP) it is not easy but by no means unheard of for a low-timer to get an airline job straight away.

In this marketplace with so many pilots with airline experience on the dole, low-timers are just not getting a look in. Being an unemployed low-time (f)ATPL myself, I can vouch for that.

It's never been easy out there but it's bloody difficult at the moment. It's all about market economics - even in the good times there are more qualified pilots than airline jobs available so it's always a buyers market.

Keep your chin up mate, but do go in with your eyes open. Getting the licence is just the first hurdle.
foggy.

[ 21 November 2001: Message edited by: foghorn ]