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Old 17th Feb 2004, 06:13
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Man Flex
 
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The question is kind of irrelevent my friend.

You don't need a type rating to get a job. Indeed a type rating may well be to your disadvantage. The airlines like to train guys their way onto their aircraft - no bad habits. They can also bond the guy for training costs and therefore be more likely to hold on to them for a few years.

When you consider that easyJet are acquiring a further 115 Airbus aircraft and if you assume a modest 5 crews per aeroplane then that suggets recruitment of 1150 pilots - with or without type rating! Assuming that quite a few of their 737 guys transfer over to the Airbus fleet possibly with a view to better command prospects then that will leave vacancies on the 737 fleet. There are almost certainly more type rated 737 guys out there than Airbus but their numbers are dwindling.

In my view easyJet for one will, out of necessity, be required to recruit a great number of non-type rated guys and many of them will be guys like you.
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