Most airlines and contract agencies want to hire type qualified engineers. They are too tight to train people themselves, i think a lot of engineers would allow themselves to be bonded for a Boeing or Airbus course so that they could get taken on a 6mth or one yr contract somewhere.
A friend of mine is a B737 captain who contracts all over the world, he has recieved simulator and licence conversion training for up to one month prior to a 6mth contract(thousands of pounds!!)with no bonding.
Its time the airlines engineering departments relised they are servicing multi million dollar machines and not toasters.
I have ten years experience in line maitenance of regional jets and turboprops, have tried to get back on the big jets for years but i don't have the training so airlines are not interested. Or i would have to take up to a £10K pay drop and hope that I get a type course if i chaged jobs.
Monarch said you MAY get a type course in the first year, do they want to use my licence or not??
Airlines need to wake up.