Originally Posted by
Captain Joe Smith
Thanks for the reply,
Some additional questions from someone seriously interested to join next year...
How many weeks after joining can the average pilot expect to go on line? Are there enough training Captains to cover this training. How many rotations (tours) before you can expect to be line checked? and last but not least what is the average time before you can upgrade if you meet the NJE minimum upgrade requirments?
Thanks again
About 3 to 5 months seems to be the usual timeframe from indoc to line check these days. Lack of line trainers seems to be the issue.
Time to upgrade depends a bit on the fleet as well (sometimes a bit longer on the XL / Hawker than on the Bravo / 400XP) but is around a year for most people. Could be shorter if you perform exceptionnally well or if you know people (i.e. flew in the same RAF squadron as your fleet manager...
).
Good luck for the interview.
TTF