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Old 25th Apr 2007, 10:23
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LRdriver II
 
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Waste of money for you to buy a TR...
sermon over/
Get a typerating of which there are alot of airplanes flying around and start small.... you have very low total time so dont expect going straight into something larger than Citations. Not saying it wont happen but... a company running CJs or Citations will most likely take you as they can have you with almost no training costs as an FO. You will also be ready to go NOW.. not in a month whilst you train.
Benefit is that since you have paid yourself, you can just up sticks and leave without being held by a training bond.
ANother thing, if you decide to go corporate, you wont be building hours very quickly, so will wait a loooong time before upgrading to the left seat. So my suggestion would be to pursue other options at the same..ie flight instructing to build hours in quantity.. and bulk up the logbook. Maybe start intruducing yourself around operators of your chosen type as a freelance copilot with a view to a full time postion later maybe. Also you have age on your side.. maturity counts towards moving to a captain postion sooner rather than later.
Why not go airline.. the Lowcosts dont really care about age as you are paying for rating anyway, and the assessment centers only check your bank-balance anyway to see if you can pay.
Anyway.. best of luck and again, dont buy a rating as it be will the wrong one anyway for the job offered .
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