Gents,
Regarding the 330 course that started yesterday, it has been scheduled since the first of the year. This is in preperation for the 2 340's that come in September and October. We need 330 F/O's trained, which takes 3 months, to replace the F/O's who will be trained to fly the new 340-500's. At the last Pilots meeting someone said we will have 2 new joining classes for the Airbus this year, along with 2 upgrade classes, and this is the first one.
The upgrades have increased, and hopefully the new joiners will also.
I was also told by a mate in training that we have gotten AAR to approve buying outside sim time and we are looking for open sim time on the 330/340 anywhere in the world.
Regards,
330 Man