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Old 14th Mar 2010, 10:46
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tigermagicjohn
 
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"Superpilot" The airline dictates what they consider is a qualified pilot. That might be 500, 1000,1500 or 2000 hours on MJRT, a TR rarely qualifies you for any job - the TR is just your basic skill.

Requirements for job might be 500 hours on type or similar, that means if you have a TR and 500 hours on a PA 28, you are not qualified to get the job, that's why they call it training.
Before airlines paid you for the training, now these airlines are going down the drain, they do not have enough money it seems to do this, or they have found out they might get the pilots to pay for their own training, if this means you can with low hours make a direct entry as an FO, avoiding spending 3 - 5 years instructing and getting hours by all other means, this might not be a bad alternative.

Face it, if you pay part of your training directly with the airline you will get a job with after, you are all setup, within a certain time you will have the minimum experience required to get jobs with most airlines. Alternative you run around instructing few years, in C152, PA28 - or whatever, you get 1000 hours SEP, most of it trough instructing- it is a great experience, but you will still start with the airline, but maybe few years later. I doubt instructing brings in that much money either.
So make those calculations versus each other, only difference you might be 3 - 4 years ahead of the one instructing C152's, because you already inside with the company, and they do expect you make captaincy sooner or later. Of course this is regarding companies where line training is associated with a job.

Of course line training alone, without a job is risky, still you will be ahead in the queue, even if it will cost you your families house!
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