I wondered about even before that.
I'm JAR FATPL & MCC / FAA CPL/IR with no type rating and writing to airlines trying to get work. I have a potential engineering job in the offing to pay the bills for the short term, but they'd like to know if I'm going to be off to a carrier after 6 weeks, 6 months or 6 years and in truth, I don't really know what is realistic. 6 - 9 months sounded fair to me, but the guys who have done it are better placed to tell me.
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