Chesty,
your post here :
Guys this isn't hard to find. I lifted it straight from the Dragonair website.
Quote:
At least 3000 hours total, including either 500 jet hours or 1000 multi engine turbo prop hours in command of a multi crew operation;
So your assertions that T/P hours are completely useless are completely wrong.
So for a free Q400 type rating and a 3 year bond you'd have close to the required number of hours for Dragonair.
Not a bad investment considering it wont cost you anything.
and EGCC's comment of
COMMAND? Does this just apply to TP Captains then
Rather makes the point of "
a free TR and a 3 year bond to dragoinair" being a moot point.
Dragonair isnt in the EU first off and if anything it supports the alternative position. Considering they specify 500 hours jet time or 1000 hours of
command time in a TP. Indicates the difference in perspective. 500 hours in the right seat is equatable to 1000 hours of TP time in the left seat. go figure.
now if we consider mike hammer's assertion..
When I finally got a turboprop job my salary was under £20,000 (I was more than happy at the time of course!) whilst my former training colleagues were earning towards £50,000. As captain one of them now earns over £90,000, whereas I get £25,000 with no sign of captaincy on the horizon.
So if anything your assertion destroys the non-P2F route.
With offers out there of 500 hours P2F time, that would get you in the 'interested' pile of C.V.'s / Resumes in Dragonair recruitmentm yet mike hammer, with a number of years and hours of TP flying, with no sign of a captaincy on the horizon would get his C.V./Resume in the bin, even if he did have a visa to live and work in China, and converted his licence over with the associated cost implications.
when we consider tacoma's closing point..
the economics of starting out as a young, low hour, heavily indebted commercial pilot do not look positive from any rational economic analysis
clanger's point is driven home by his closing comment of:
it's the financial rewards that jets bring that cause that desire and further are necessary to provide any kind of economic sense to the investment, given the ever escalating cost of training.
so, going back to my original point in this thread. i am disgusted, flatly phyiscally disgusted by the snorting, guffawing and sanctimony of pilots who are flying the line, building seniority, that got a paid TR, back ibn the day, at the frankly sh!t career potential that the news have, having to cough up for a TR themselves, with a summer contract position and no guarantees.
Any airline, no matter how big its fleet can go Tango Uniform in a very short space of time, its happened before and it will happen again and anyone could find themselves back looking for a flight deck position.