JOC courses
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I am not entirely convinced that JOC courses are "a bit of waste of money".
True, you do cover, in generic terms, many items that are covered in a type rating course; and, they exceed what is required by the mandatory MCC course for multi-pilot applications. What is so important is that they provide a valuable process to see just what a junior bird man / women is capable of doing over 40+ hours in the box. You demonstrate your "learning curve"; how well you climb the mountain. Unlike the MCC, this is not an attendance course; this is a pass / fail course.
Any prospective employer would be interested in reading the training reports. The correlation between the outcome of the JOC and the type rating is high, which, more than likely, explains why J2 values their importance in deciding who, with little or no experience, is worth investing in?