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Old 19th Dec 2009, 18:21
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minimum_wage
 
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Maybe the hardest thing for young pilot like me with JAA CPL ME/IR, ATPL frozen and 300hrs piston total time with some 20 hrs on multi is to find any job on JET aircrafts.
Are you taking the p!ss? Learn to fly first. You only have a licence to learn there big gun.

In our airline you need 2000hrs min to even get an interview to fly a jet. Guys that do all have 1000hrs plus turbine/jet time with ATPL's. No one has ever paid to fly for us and never will.
Why is it that in the UK/Europe fresh green graduates believe it is their right of passage to jump straight on a jet. Learn to fly first, then you may know what you are doing. I feel sorry for Captains having to fly with these guys. Single pilot IFR in a jet must be a long day.

You can't buy experience.
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