Originally Posted by
CptnSelbs
Hahaha, Hoping she will stick around for the long haul. Looks like she will likely make about as much as I would as a senior first officer in the next 4-5 years in the UK so will prioritize her career for now. With that in mind is it worth studying in Aus, converting my licence on a student loan and finish out the fATPL in the UK or just saving for an integrated course in the UK?
Just have a look at how much an FO at a major makes in the states…
As to the route to take, what is your priority? Do you want to make 500k a year as a major FO in the states? If so you want to get on that seniority list as fast as is humanly possible. Integrated UK course, Wizz/Ezy/RYR/BA, 1500 jet hours, carpet bomb applications to the states, then goodbye Europe 👋
Any other route timing is less critical unless you are dead set on BA or Virgin so either or. Does seem an awful lot of faf getting the Aussie licence to immediately drop all that time and cash converting it. Extra year spent faffing about doing that is a year less spent as a training captain on training captain money.