Can't ever have one thread without a dig at Ryanair.
BA are in the process of recruiting, what do they require?? 500 hrs in last 12 months on either B737,A320, B757/767. Where can one get this type of flight time? Oh maybe somewhere like Ryanair!
Shake the tree, and I'll fall out. Least I'm in the tree! Paid for type rating or not, everyone pays one way or another, least most people who want to fly jets live in the now, and are not clinging onto the hope of the industry returning to the 'old days.'
As much as it annoys you that 200 hr cadets buy a type rating to proceed further in their career, the same goes for me with 2500 hr single pilot guys with hours instructing etc who think they deserve, are even capable, or automatically entitled to fly a jet just because they have some flight time.
Rant over- can't have it always so one sided.
Happy new year