Absolutely no 200 courses being run. All 200 crew should be on the 800 by years end! Only a small amount of 200s still flying for RYR and these mostly based in Dublin. So don’t worry guys type will on the 800 and no further conversion at a later date. I believe all those cadets who did initial 200 ratings and had to undergo differences courses to the 800 were bonded for that additional training as would be the norm in any airline.
I would be concerned not having met HR prior to commencement of the course as this was the norm in the past. That said perhaps they are kept pretty busy there!
31 737-800s will have been delivered in the 12 months to Mar 2005.
Creating over 190 new pilot positions not to mention the additional promotions and new training positions. So the boys in HR and the ol' sim has been busy.
You only require a valid IR to commence a multi crew type rating with a MEP that was valid in the previous 60months. If the powers that be at RYR are looking for a valid mutli IR/MEP then it does sound like a way of assisting them with dealing with the enormous amount of applicants but always better to confirm it with them before spending money on renewals.
Last edited by Global Pilot; 5th Feb 2005 at 15:55.