Good news!

[ATP_Al]

Recently found out that I'm starting with Air Southwest on the Dash 8 next February - many thanks to everyone who's given me advice along the way!

To answer the inevitable questions I'm 23 and finished full time modular training in February 2005. I've been parachute dropping and air taxi flying since then and have 720hrs, 240hrs multi.

Keep flying, stay positive and it will happen!

Al:ok:

[ABO944]

Congratulations Al !

Good on ya !

;) :D :p :cool: :ok:

[hingey]

Congratulations chap! Tell Captain Mark Cooper and anyone else who remembers me the young lad who did his work experience in July says hi!

Congrats once again!

h

[hollywood285]

Well done and keep safe.

[scroggs]

Well done!

Scroggs

[GoldenMonkey]

Big congratulations

Hope it goes really well for you.

GM:D

[Squawk 2650]

Thats great news! How long ago did you get in touch with Air Southwest??

Did you phone them up after you sent your CV or keep updating them with new ones??

How close do you live to their base??

Sent a few Cvs to them have 500 hours TT with 220 multi and havent heard anything.

Good luck in FEB :ok:

S
:cool:

[ATP_Al]

2650,

I sent the them a CV by email and post in Feb 2005, had an interview in May and did the sim in September. I live in the South East at the moment.

Al

[A320rider]

congrat,

did they ask you to pay for your type?

[YYZ]

Well done,

A friend of mine is on a sim ride with them today! Good to see the holding pool time isn't that long, Enjoy.

YYZ:ok:

[smith]

Although I am delighted and encouraged by this post, when I saw there were 7 replies I thought there might be some good info in there about job prospects etc, however all there was was a string of "well done's" and "congratulations" etc. I derived no useful information from any of these posts and this is what these forums are for.

So moderators, as I say, can we keep the congrats posts off of the pages unless you have something else meaningful to add. I am delighted for the poster myself but was a bit dissapointed in the thread after a fantastic opening.

[RYR-738-JOCKEY]

...:confused: ...WHATEVER..COngrAts to ya ATP-Al. I have seen so many boring and sad posts from people who complain they cannot get a job. Finally, the winds have turned. Always nice to read posts like these.:ok:

[YYZ]

Smith,
You miserable sod, glean whatever information you can,

1. Someone is starting now with ASW
2. Someone has gone through the hoops yesterday

At least you can see movement in the company, if you do not like it just click on the back button instead of wasting further bandwidth, or complain to Scroggs via PM, before you do though, look up a few posts.

YYZ

[scroggs]

So moderators, as I say, can we keep the congrats posts off of the pages unless you have something else meaningful to add. I am delighted for the poster myself but was a bit dissapointed in the thread after a fantastic opening.

What's wrong Smith? Get out of bed on the wrong side, did you? Had too many PFOs from the airlines? Or is it that you can't see the tens of thousands of serious threads on this forum?

As far as I'm concerned, it is bloody good news (which is the title of this thread) when someone from outside the integrated/CTC world gets a good job, and it is encouragement for all the others who are busting a gut to get there.

Go and grouch somewhere else, we're celebrating Al's good fortune here.

Scroggs

[haughtney1]

Well done Al!!!!...get used to "swallow" as your call sign:)

Next time I see the Dash push in front of me..and depart off Bravo at LGW..it might be you!

Well done mate:D

[jimpearce]

Well done Al and good luck with the job.

Quite, theres way too much doom and gloom on the wannabe forums. And yes I'm a CPL/ME-IR guy without a flying job but one day soon IT WILL HAPPEN!!!
My wife calls it ' the depressed pilot site' - a bit harsh maybe

Jim Pearce

[tonker]

Don't bother looking for useful info Smith, nobody's going to want a sad glum git sat next to them all day. Hence little chance of a job no matter how well informed!

Well done the original poster who not only got a job but also kept current and busy.

[carbonfibre]

Brilliant news well done ATP-AL, movement is always poisitive no matter how you look at it

Excellent news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:ok:

[ATP_Al]

Cheers guys! I have always been frustrated with the amount of negative feeling on PPrune when there really is a lot people in our position can do to improve our chances. Therefore whenever anything positive happens to me, I try my best to tell others what I've done and how I did it. When I was training I always found threads like this encouraging, so I'm only doing the same.

Al

haughtney1 - I only applied because of the comedy callsign! :p

[ABO944]

Tell me, are there any lady pilots flying for Air Southwest?

I bet the controllers have a giggle when they hear the callsign !!

:D

[smith]

Scroggs

My post says that I am delighted with the news. All that I am saying is a list of adjectives, verbs and adverbs all saying congratulations in one way or another is a waste of band width. Scrolling down each post to just to read "congrats", "well done" etc I found boring I'm sorry. Its like being at a wedding party when the best man stands up and reads out the congrats telegrams, it just makes you want to fall asleep.

[Flying Farmer]

Way to go mate :ok:

hope that dosen't use too much bandwidth :}

[haughtney1]

Smith, sometimes its worth the sacrifice..to say congrats!:D

[smith]

Ok I give in, congrats mate, well done!!!

[VC10 Rib22]

Congratulations!

Thank you very much for your post, which I'm sure is appreciated by the 99.99999999% of wannabees who will take great hope from your positive experience, demonstrated so by those congratulating you. Sadly, humbug-smith considers these as wasting his time. Perhaps he should ask scroggs for his own forum titled "Things solely and exclusively benefiting smith's flying career", and have someone employed to proof-read all postings, to ensure they don't disappoint him.

Be sure to update us now and again with how the flying is going. Enjoy!

VC10 Rib22

:ok:

Congratulations!

(that one was for you, smith)

VC10 Rib22

:ok:

[Dude~]

VC10 - did you see the post immediately before yours?!

[VC10 Rib22]

Dude,

I did, but my post wasn't to chastise smith for not congratulating Al (indeed, as he mentioned in his original post he was "delighted and encouraged", so no congratulations were necessary unless he really wanted to). My problem (and that of the others posting here) with smith was that he doesn't consider our congratulating of Al as meaningful, something which I'm sure Al himself would disagree with, as he is now in a position of being congratulated instead of being the one congratulating. When that time comes for me I will really appreciate any congratulations coming my way and certainly consider them as meaningful.

I'd also like to add that threads like this have existed for years, they are part of pprune tradition, and offer evidence to all future wannabees that dreams do happen. Ironically, smith has previously used pprune to congratulate individuals himself, so I'm sure that he is in fact a nice guy and, given the chance, I imagine he would rather not have made his previous comments which have portrayed him in a very poor light.

VC10 Rib22

:ok:

[Longchop]

Come on in my child,the water is warm and im sure you'll enjoy your time with us. :ok:

Just posted this pic to give you an idea of what your in for, enjoy! (hope im not using too much bandwidth!)

Did someone mention water? :ugh:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/longchop/asw.jpg

[haughtney1]

Yep that would be one of those "swallow" planes...:}

[low n' slow]

Congrats Al!
It's great news in my ears as I'm a fATPL/CPL with low hours.
I'm also interested in an airline that flies the Dash 8. It'd be nice to hear your comments on the type rating!
keep us posted!
Regards / LnS

[smith]

VC10

I am a nice guy really, just that when I opened the post I was really delighted and saw, that at that time, there were 6 replies and I was looking forward to some good factual information about type ratings, other job openings etc .

As I say, I was just disappointed when it did not live up to this. Sorry, I must have got out the wrong side of the bed that day. Original poster, sorry if I rained on your parade. I am actually more than delighted for you and hope all goes well, keep us updated.:ok:

[VC10 Rib22]

smith,

You're man enough to admit you were having a bad day so all is forgiven and forgotten.

I'm sure everybody has experienced frustration concerning postings. Part of the problem is that with only a few words in the title with which to describe what lies within, many people naturally struggle to achieve this adequately meaning that some titles leave you without a clue what the post will be about, whilst others suck you in with an interesting title when in fact the content does not live up to its promise. That's the beauty of pprune; it is like a treasure hunt - some days you come away with nothing, but on others you strike gold and that is what makes it so enjoyable and bloody addictive.

VC10 Rib22

:ok:

[flyhalf2]

Well done.

You'll love it. Good training, if quite intense. F/Os a mixture of low hours and some more experienced. Training captains have a wealth of experience, line captains all a pleasure to fly with and more flying stories than you can imagine. Ex RAF and airline experience from Herc to Lightnings and Concorde pilots.

New a/c coming in new year, 15 new pilots on courses Dec, Jan and Feb, maybe more.

There are four lady pilots, and everyone gets on with each other.

Lots of sectors and varied flying. A late Gatwick is seven (7) sectors. Plymoth Airport short narrow up hill 3.5% ILS, tricky in a cross wind, Newquay military R/T open airspace, then Gatwick busy very proceedural. As I said you'll love it.

See you in Plymouth ops soon.

Flyhalf2.

[Just another student]

Congratulations :D

All the best with the new job.

JAS

[No_Speed_Restriction]

All the best for the new job. Word of advice, keep your eyes open wide whilst flying.... You're operating out of an airport that is lacking in acceptable/quality atc service.

[caterina]

Well done ATP_AL, I just got the good news today!
Pretty similar stats to yourself, 21 yrs old full time modular also finished around FEB 2005 and have been para dropping since with a Total of 600hrs, 400+ multi.

Cat

ps, Were you waiting in a holding pool?

[VC10 Rib22]

Well done Caterina!!

Just make sure not to announce that it is time for everybody to jump out, over the p.a. - old habits and all that.:D

VC10 Rib22

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