Originally Posted by
DaveJ75
Taking aside the apparent assumption that there are CEOs everywhere with available roles that they wish could be filled by an ex-airline pilots, does this argument work the other way round then? You swap places with David Brent and after accruing some light industry knowledge and adding a little bit of polish, he can fly an airliner too?
Yeah... ridiculous isn't it? I agree with you that you have some great skills but I hate to break the news to you - there are lots of people with those skills already experienced in doing the roles that you think you'll walk into. Those people have a 'type rating'. In this context, you have a frozen ATPL. So I wish you luck with but you must realise being a pilot / ex-pilot isn't going to get you further up the queue!
Thanks for the astute comment, you are correct, this does not work the other way around. Hope the rest of the thread will continue to give us the 'Mood in the Room'.