PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Captain from Bizzjet to Airline
View Single Post
Old 4th Mar 2021, 20:42
  #3 (permalink)  
what next
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Near Stuttgart, Germany
Posts: 1,096
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Hello!

Originally Posted by captain.weird
Will it be doable/easy to switch from bizzjet a/c as a captain to airliners?
Everything is possible. I know quite a few experienced bizjet captains (> 3000h command time) who moved to an airline and were upgraded to captain within a year. I even know one who had never flew a jet before but piston twins instead and became a 737 captain in less than a year, but that was over twenty years ago. Probably no longer possible. I know zero bizjet captains who went to an airline and flew as captain from day one of joining. And I also know quite a few (experienced) bizjet captains who moved to an airline and still fly in the right hand seat after many years. It all depends on the person and the circumstances. And luck and fate and networking and what else there is.

Regards
Max

Last edited by what next; 4th Mar 2021 at 21:01.
what next is online now