Originally Posted by
Wing Commander Fowler
Hi Bombastic,
for what it's worth I've worked for Ryanair and sat alongside many colleagues to my right. I've seen many very good candidates who came in via a cadetship with no airline experience but would always feel slightly more comfortable with one who had "served some time" on TP's. I've also had conversations with Dispatchers looking for their first job on the flight deck and have always given them one piece of advice - "If you can then fly a turboprop first". My main reason for that was that WHEN an airline the size of FR goes pop there will be around 3000 FO's with the same rating as you UNLESS you have experience on another type in which case you will have a slight edge. I'm not sure how this helps you but you can replace the term TP for any other type as in small jet. Just my own opinion of course.
The day an FR goes bust is an end of aviation, or when robots take over..It will never happen.
They used to say back in the day when there was no jobs, if you start on the props you'll remain on the props, but this has since changed. Nowadays TurboProp experience gives you zero to no advantage in the recruitment world.. And TP guys would give their souls to fly a jet.