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Old 20th November 2000 | 01:13
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Jetdriver
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Roboto,

I am always a little amazed at the postings that I see here on PPRuNe that seem to contain much wringing of hands about how hard it is to get a job with an airline with just a few hundred hours.

My advice to you would be to set your sights a little lower. There are always jobs to be found, if you look hard enough. I do appreciate the point that there are always people who land a plum job by virtue of sheer luck or family contacts or the the right handshake or whatever. The vast majority of us just have to work our way up from the apprentice level jobs.

Training schools will always sell a product, and make it look an attractive proposition. That is the way of the world. All advertising is designed to yield profit. If they were required to tell the whole truth then the whole advertising industry would be in really big trouble !

I am afraid that the stark reality of your situation is that most Airlines will not be very interested in a 400 hour pilot. However as you build flight time and experience ( perhaps in other spheres of commercial aviation such as instructing, air taxi, etc) that situation will gradually change.

Your ethnic background, your flight training, your education, and your experience do not make you unique. What does make you unique is your character and your personality. When you have built up the experience ( flight hours, Licences, Jobs, adventures, setbacks, and achievements)then you will have something to sell the Airlines that they will be interested in.

Print off a copy of this thread and read it again when you have 4000 hours, and I think you will appreciate the point.

Good luck.